Renaud Lancelot
2009-Feb-20 15:47 UTC
[R] NOT an R problem: cannot install packages from distant repository
I met today a computer crash and our maintenance officer had to reinstall some components of the OS (MS Windows XP Pro) as well as the Internet browser (among other things). Now, I cannot install packages from a distant repository:> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()Error in .readRDS(pfile) : unknown input format> traceback()5: .readRDS(pfile) 4: .packages(all.available = TRUE) 3: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies, ...) 2: install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = NA, type = type) 1: utils:::menuInstallPkgs()> sessionInfo()R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-02-17 r47956) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=French_France.1252;LC_CTYPE=French_France.1252;LC_MONETARY=French_France.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=French_France.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] fortunes_1.3-6 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_2.8.1 ********************************************* My browser and e-mail client are working, and I can display the list of packages when I run utils:::menuInstallPkgs(). Did anybody meet the same problem, and how can I solve it ? Renaud -- Renaud Lancelot EDEN Project, coordinator http://www.eden-fp6project.net/ UMR CIRAD-INRA "Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes" Joint research unit "Control of emerging and exotic animal diseases" CIRAD Campus International de Baillarguet TA A-DIR / B F34398 Montpellier http://www.cirad.fr http://bluetongue.cirad.fr/ Tel. +33 4 67 59 37 17 - Fax +33 4 67 59 37 95 Secr. +33 4 67 59 37 37 - Cell. +33 6 77 52 08 69 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Renaud Lancelot
2009-Feb-20 18:23 UTC
[R] NOT an R problem: cannot install packages from distant repository
Still searching what's going on.... In fact, I can download manually any package and install it. The problem occurs when updating the html files. I can reproduce it with this:> link.html.help()Error in .readRDS(pfile) : unknown input format> traceback()5: .readRDS(pfile) 4: .packages(all.available = TRUE, lib.loc = lib) 3: sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE, lib.loc = lib)) 2: make.packages.html(lib.loc) 1: link.html.help() Any hint ? Renaud 2009/2/20 Renaud Lancelot <renaud.lancelot@gmail.com>> I met today a computer crash and our maintenance officer had to reinstall > some components of the OS (MS Windows XP Pro) as well as the Internet > browser (among other things). Now, I cannot install packages from a distant > repository: > > > utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > Error in .readRDS(pfile) : unknown input format > > traceback() > 5: .readRDS(pfile) > 4: .packages(all.available = TRUE) > 3: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, > method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, > installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies, > ...) > 2: install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = NA, type = type) > 1: utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > > sessionInfo() > R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-02-17 r47956) > i386-pc-mingw32 > > locale: > > LC_COLLATE=French_France.1252;LC_CTYPE=French_France.1252;LC_MONETARY=French_France.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=French_France.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] fortunes_1.3-6 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_2.8.1 > > ********************************************* > > My browser and e-mail client are working, and I can display the list of > packages when I run utils:::menuInstallPkgs(). > > Did anybody meet the same problem, and how can I solve it ? > > Renaud > -- > Renaud Lancelot > EDEN Project, coordinator > http://www.eden-fp6project.net/ > > UMR CIRAD-INRA "Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes" > Joint research unit "Control of emerging and exotic animal diseases" > > CIRAD > Campus International de Baillarguet TA A-DIR / B > F34398 Montpellier > http://www.cirad.fr http://bluetongue.cirad.fr/ > > Tel. +33 4 67 59 37 17 - Fax +33 4 67 59 37 95 > Secr. +33 4 67 59 37 37 - Cell. +33 6 77 52 08 69 > >-- Renaud Lancelot EDEN Project, coordinator http://www.eden-fp6project.net/ UMR CIRAD-INRA "Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes" Joint research unit "Control of emerging and exotic animal diseases" CIRAD Campus International de Baillarguet TA A-DIR / B F34398 Montpellier http://www.cirad.fr http://bluetongue.cirad.fr/ Tel. +33 4 67 59 37 17 - Fax +33 4 67 59 37 95 Secr. +33 4 67 59 37 37 - Cell. +33 6 77 52 08 69 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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