Trying to install the Matrix package with install.packages fails for me
on Linux, it is trying to fetch the wrong version 0.99-4, downloading
the tgz which is 0.99-6 and using R CMD INSTALL works fine
The output from the failed install was
> install.packages(c("Matrix"))
trying URL
'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz'
Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb") :
cannot open URL
'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz'
In addition: Warning message:
cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available =
available, :
download of package 'Matrix' failed
> R.version
_
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch i686
os linux-gnu
system i686, linux-gnu
status
major 2
minor 2.1
year 2005
month 12
day 20
svn rev 36812
language R
Ashley Ford wrote:> Trying to install the Matrix package with install.packages fails for me > on Linux, it is trying to fetch the wrong version 0.99-4, downloading > the tgz which is 0.99-6 and using R CMD INSTALL works fine > > > The output from the failed install was > > > install.packages(c("Matrix")) > trying URL 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz' > Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb") : > cannot open URLLooks like your repository information got not updated (the repositorty seems to be consistent). A temporary repository information is stored and should be refreshed after a R is restarted. How long is your R process already opened? Hence: Please start a fresh R session and try again. Uwe Ligges> 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz' > In addition: Warning message: > cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = > available, : > download of package 'Matrix' failed > > R.version > _ > platform i686-pc-linux-gnu > arch i686 > os linux-gnu > system i686, linux-gnu > status > major 2 > minor 2.1 > year 2005 > month 12 > day 20 > svn rev 36812 > language R > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Try another mirror. This looks like a caching problem between you and the mirror, as the entry in PACKAGES is correct on the mirror. (The code tries to avoid cached copies, but not all caches cooperate.) On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Ashley Ford wrote:> Trying to install the Matrix package with install.packages fails for me > on Linux, it is trying to fetch the wrong version 0.99-4, downloading > the tgz which is 0.99-6 and using R CMD INSTALL works fine > > The output from the failed install was > > > install.packages(c("Matrix")) > trying URL 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz' > Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb") : > cannot open URL > 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.99-4.tar.gz' > In addition: Warning message: > cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available > available, : > download of package 'Matrix' failed > > R.version > _ > platform i686-pc-linux-gnu > arch i686 > os linux-gnu > system i686, linux-gnu > status > major 2 > minor 2.1 > year 2005 > month 12 > day 20 > svn rev 36812 > language R-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595