Windows 2000, R 1.6.1
When I try use the menu to download and install new packages, the
result looks like this:
{a <- CRAN.packages()
+ install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1],
available=a)}
trying URL `[1]http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep =
"/"),
:
cannot open: HTTP status was `404'
Is this no longer the path to the packages? Can I fix this without
updating R?
Many thanks,
Hank Stevens
Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor
338 Pearson Hall
Botany Department
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Office: (513) 529-4206
Lab: (513) 529-4262
FAX: (513) 529-4243
[2]http://www.cas.muohio.edu/botany/bot/henry.html
[3]http://www.muohio.edu/ecology
References
1. http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES
2. http://www.cas.muohio.edu/botany/bot/henry.html
3. http://www.muohio.edu/ecology
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 15:28, Hank Stevens wrote:> Windows 2000, R 1.6.1 > When I try use the menu to download and install new packages, the > result looks like this: > {a <- CRAN.packages() > + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], > available=a)} > trying URL > `[1]http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES' > Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep > "/"), > : > cannot open: HTTP status was `404' > Is this no longer the path to the packages? Can I fix this without > updating R? > Many thanks, > Hank StevensQuoting from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/ReadMe: "Packages for R < 1.7.0 are no longer available at this location for various reasons. Binary packages for the outdated versions R-1.6.x have to be downloaded from subdirectory ./1.6 manually." You will need to go to http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.6/ and download the ZIP files directly. Then use the Install from Local Zip File option on the menu. Better yet, would be to update to 1.8.1, since you are a few versions out of date. HTH, Marc Schwartz
Hank Stevens <HStevens at muohio.edu> writes:> Windows 2000, R 1.6.1 > When I try use the menu to download and install new packages, the > result looks like this: > {a <- CRAN.packages() > + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], > available=a)} > trying URL `[1]http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES' > Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep = "/"), > : > cannot open: HTTP status was `404' > Is this no longer the path to the packages? Can I fix this without > updating R? > Many thanks, > Hank StevensAs checking with a browser might have told you, we now have http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.6 http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7 http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.8 http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9 which might give you an idea what to fix. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907