Aakrity Tibrewal
2015-Feb-22 08:36 UTC
[R] Issue wit Package installation and download.file()
Hello, I have installed RStudio Version 0.98.1091, R version, R Version 3.1.2, on my Windows 7 desktop (64 bit). I am using wifi without any proxy server. Issues:- 1. I am unable to install the packages from CRAN mirror(India). I am getting the below error:- *Warning: unable to access index for repository http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1 <http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>* *Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1 <http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>* *Warning messages:* *1: In open.connection(con, "r") :* * unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org <http://cran.r-project.org>' on port 80.* *2: package ?devtools? is not available (for R version 3.1.2) * 2. I am unable to download file using method * download.file() * I get the below error:- trying URL ' https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data' Error in download.file(url, file) : cannot open URL ' https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data' In addition: Warning message: In download.file(url, file) : InternetOpenUrl failed: 'The server name or address could not be resolved' Action Taken:- I have execute the following command in Rstudio:- *Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")* and I have created the .Reniron file in the home directory that contains *Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")* Issue is still the same. Please help me! Thanks, Aakrity [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Jeff Newmiller
2015-Feb-22 18:41 UTC
[R] Issue wit Package installation and download.file()
This sounds like you should read FAQ 2.19. Next time you post, please read the Posting Guide first. In particular, please use plain text since your HTML-formatted email was messed up on the mailing list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On February 22, 2015 12:36:16 AM PST, Aakrity Tibrewal <aakrity333tibrewal at gmail.com> wrote:>Hello, > >I have installed RStudio Version 0.98.1091, R version, R Version 3.1.2, >on >my Windows 7 desktop (64 bit). I am using wifi without any proxy >server. > >Issues:- > >1. I am unable to install the packages from CRAN mirror(India). I am >getting the below error:- > >*Warning: unable to access index for repository >http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1 ><http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>* >*Warning: unable to access index for repository >http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1 ><http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>* >*Warning messages:* >*1: In open.connection(con, "r") :* >* unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org ><http://cran.r-project.org>' on >port 80.* >*2: package ?devtools? is not available (for R version 3.1.2) * > > > >2. I am unable to download file using method * download.file() * >I get the below error:- > >trying URL ' >https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data' >Error in download.file(url, file) : > cannot open URL ' >https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data' >In addition: Warning message: >In download.file(url, file) : >InternetOpenUrl failed: 'The server name or address could not be >resolved' > > >Action Taken:- >I have execute the following command in Rstudio:- > >*Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")* > >and I have created the .Reniron file in the home directory that >contains >*Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")* > > >Issue is still the same. >Please help me! > >Thanks, >Aakrity > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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.