R help - Apr 2005 - Problems installing and updating packages for 2.1.0 on Windows 2000

Hello,

I am running R 2.1.0 on Windows 2000.

When I attempt to install or update packages, regardless of whether I use the
menu or command line, I get the following error.
> utils:::chooseCRANmirror()
> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
Warning message:
unable to connect to 'cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu' on port 80. 
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.1
Warning message:
unable to connect to 'www.stats.ox.ac.uk' on port 80. 
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.1
Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = TRUE, type =
type) :
        no packages were specified

I have uninstalled and reinstalled R 2.1.0 to no avail.  I read through the
recent treads on similar problems, but if an answer to my problem we given, I
missed it.

Thanks



Greg Blevins
The Magrket Solutions Group, Inc.


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Greg Blevins wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running R 2.1.0 on Windows 2000.
> 
> When I attempt to install or update packages, regardless of whether I use
the menu or command line, I get the following error.
> 
> 
>>utils:::chooseCRANmirror()
>>utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> 
> Warning message:
> unable to connect to 'cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu' on port 80. 
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.1
> Warning message:
> unable to connect to 'www.stats.ox.ac.uk' on port 80. 
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.1
> Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = TRUE, type =
type) :
>         no packages were specified
> 
> I have uninstalled and reinstalled R 2.1.0 to no avail.  I read through the
recent treads on similar problems, but if an answer to my problem we given, I
missed it.
It sounds as though you need to configure a proxy for Internet access. 
See the discussion in the R for Windows FAQ (which gives other 
possibilities too).

Duncan Murdoch