Dear List: When I click on the link to download a reference manual for a package on cran, I get an error message that the file is damaged and could not be repaired. I randomly chose various packages and the same error message appears. Are the links actually broken? I have also restarted my machine and closed and re-opened acrobat. I am using Windows XP, Acrobat Professional 6.0.0.5, and Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 Harold [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
"Doran, Harold" <HDoran at air.org> writes:> Dear List: > > When I click on the link to download a reference manual for a package on > cran, I get an error message that the file is damaged and could not be > repaired. I randomly chose various packages and the same error message > appears. > > Are the links actually broken? I have also restarted my machine and > closed and re-opened acrobat. > > I am using Windows XP, Acrobat Professional 6.0.0.5, and Explorer > 6.0.2900.2180 > > HaroldOne mirror or all of them? If one, which one? Two randomly chosen package PDFs on CRAN master (Vienna) gave no problems for me. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ??ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907
Sorry, didn't think about that. The mirror I used was http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/ I checked other mirrors and they did work fine. -----Original Message----- From: pd at pubhealth.ku.dk [mailto:pd at pubhealth.ku.dk] On Behalf Of Peter Dalgaard Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:11 AM To: Doran, Harold Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Broken links on CRAN "Doran, Harold" <HDoran at air.org> writes:> Dear List: > > When I click on the link to download a reference manual for a package > on cran, I get an error message that the file is damaged and could not > be repaired. I randomly chose various packages and the same error > message appears. > > Are the links actually broken? I have also restarted my machine and > closed and re-opened acrobat. > > I am using Windows XP, Acrobat Professional 6.0.0.5, and Explorer > 6.0.2900.2180 > > HaroldOne mirror or all of them? If one, which one? Two randomly chosen package PDFs on CRAN master (Vienna) gave no problems for me. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ??ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907
On 05-Dec-05 Doran, Harold wrote:> Dear List: > > When I click on the link to download a reference manual for a package > on cran, I get an error message that the file is damaged and could not > be repaired. I randomly chose various packages and the same error > message appears. > > Are the links actually broken? I have also restarted my machine and > closed and re-opened acrobat. > > I am using Windows XP, Acrobat Professional 6.0.0.5, and Explorer > 6.0.2900.2180 > > HaroldThis message is one which Acrobat Reader puts out when asked to read a "damaged file" and is an unlikely response from a browser trying to access a "broken link". Either there is a problem with your Acrobat Reader or its installation as a "helper" in Explorer, or there is indeed something wrong with the files you tried to download. The latter is (I hope) very unlikely! (given that you "randomly chose various packages"). If you specify one or two packages for which you got this error message, some of us can try for ourselves, cross-check your experience, and report back. This should help to localise the source of the problem. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 05-Dec-05 Time: 15:19:43 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
Hi Duncan I tried various ones, but try ash.pdf. I was not able to work with this file. But, when I go to another mirror, I can open this file no problem. Harold -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:00 PM To: Doran, Harold Cc: Peter Dalgaard; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Broken links on CRAN On 12/5/2005 10:14 AM, Doran, Harold wrote:> Sorry, didn't think about that. The mirror I used was > > http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/ > > I checked other mirrors and they did work fine.Which packages did you have trouble with? I just tried a couple, and they were fine. Duncan Murdoch