You didn't say if you did the selection from the menu or the command line...
In any case, the menu `Packages' -> `Set CRAN Mirror...' runs the
command
chooseCRANmirror(), which looks like
> chooseCRANmirror
function (graphics = TRUE)
{
if (!interactive())
stop("cannot choose a CRAN mirror non-interactively")
m <- read.csv(file.path(R.home("doc"),
"CRAN_mirrors.csv"),
as.is = TRUE)
res <- menu(m[, 1], graphics, "CRAN mirror")
if (res > 0) {
URL <- m[res, "URL"]
repos <- getOption("repos")
repos["CRAN"] <- gsub("/$", "", URL[1])
options(repos = repos)
}
invisible()
}
<environment: namespace:utils>
As you can see, it simply sets the repos option, and never use the net. So,
exactly how did you get the problem you described?
Andy
From: Erin Hodgess>
> Dear R People:
>
> I'm having trouble with selecting a mirror to download packages.
>
> When I select the location, R just sits. When I try to cancel
> the program, it never quits.
>
> Has anyone else run into this, please? It only happens on my
> laptop, not my desktop. My inclination is to say that it might be
> a problem with a firewall, but I thought I would check here as
> well.
>
>
>
> R Version 2.2.1 Windows.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu
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