R running on my MacPro under OS X 10.6.8 no longer installs packages. I would greatly appreciate help in sorting this out. Typically I get the messages like:> install.packages("party")Warning: unable to access index for repository http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.13 Warning message: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : package ‘party’ is not available (for R version 2.13.1) The repository URL mentioned in the first warning indicates leopard, not snow leopard, the name for OS X 10.6.8. Is this an issue? If so, what to do? The second message seems to indicate that I might need a different version of R. If so, which? How to preserve the existing version while checking out the new version? And version seems to indicate darwin9.8.0. Any idea why?> version_ platform x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 arch x86_64 os darwin9.8.0 system x86_64, darwin9.8.0 status major 2 minor 13.1 year 2011 month 07 day 08 svn rev 56322 language R version.string R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) Otherwise R is currently functioning fine. I really don't want to screw that up. If there is a fix without installing a new version, I would like to try that first. I've never updated to a newer version, and it's been a while since I installed on a mac, so step-by-step instructions are needed. Thanks, Carlisle [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:05 PM, carlisle thacker <carlisle.thacker at gmail.com> wrote:> R running on my MacPro under OS X 10.6.8 no longer installs packages. I > would greatly appreciate help in sorting this out. > > Typically I get the messages like: >> install.packages("party") > Warning: unable to access index for repository > http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.13There is no such mirror. Change it to one of those listed at http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html Best, Ista> Warning message: > In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : > package ?party? is not available (for R version 2.13.1) > > The repository URL mentioned in the first warning indicates leopard, not > snow leopard, the name for OS X 10.6.8. Is this an issue? If so, what to > do? > > The second message seems to indicate that I might need a different version > of R. If so, which? How to preserve the existing version while checking > out the new version? > > And version seems to indicate darwin9.8.0. Any idea why? >> version > _ > platform x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 > arch x86_64 > os darwin9.8.0 > system x86_64, darwin9.8.0 > status > major 2 > minor 13.1 > year 2011 > month 07 > day 08 > svn rev 56322 > language R > version.string R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) > > Otherwise R is currently functioning fine. I really don't want to screw > that up. If there is a fix without installing a new version, I would like > to try that first. > > I've never updated to a newer version, and it's been a while since I > installed on a mac, so step-by-step instructions are needed. > > Thanks, > > Carlisle > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
On 01/10/2013 2:05 PM, carlisle thacker wrote:> R running on my MacPro under OS X 10.6.8 no longer installs packages. I > would greatly appreciate help in sorting this out. > > Typically I get the messages like: > > install.packages("party") > Warning: unable to access index for repository > http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.13 > Warning message: > In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : > package ?party? is not available (for R version 2.13.1)Version 2.13.1 is very old; you might find that package binaries are not maintained for such an old version, and current versions of the packages might not work in it. I would update to R 3.0.2. Duncan Murdoch> > The repository URL mentioned in the first warning indicates leopard, not > snow leopard, the name for OS X 10.6.8. Is this an issue? If so, what to > do? > > The second message seems to indicate that I might need a different version > of R. If so, which? How to preserve the existing version while checking > out the new version? > > And version seems to indicate darwin9.8.0. Any idea why? > > version > _ > platform x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 > arch x86_64 > os darwin9.8.0 > system x86_64, darwin9.8.0 > status > major 2 > minor 13.1 > year 2011 > month 07 > day 08 > svn rev 56322 > language R > version.string R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) > > Otherwise R is currently functioning fine. I really don't want to screw > that up. If there is a fix without installing a new version, I would like > to try that first. > > I've never updated to a newer version, and it's been a while since I > installed on a mac, so step-by-step instructions are needed. > > Thanks, > > Carlisle > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.