I am trying to download the ?Formula? library using install.packages(?Formula?); I have had no problem downloading other libraries recently. I receive the error message Warning: unable to access index for repository https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 Warning message: package ?Formula? is not available (for R version 3.2.2) I receive the same message adding lib=<path> to the install.packages call. An internet search suggests using download.file(), but that requires knowing the url of the file in the repository. Can someone tell me the url (just add Formula to the url above?) or suggest another solution? Thanks. John Karon [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Try another repository. I also recently had problems with downloading from Berkeley using secure downloads (https: ) . Switching repositories fixed it for me. Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about internet protocols; so if my suggestion doesn't help, don't ask me why not. I won't have a clue. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:29 AM, John Karon <sierrastew at mindspring.com> wrote:> I am trying to download the ?Formula? library using install.packages(?Formula?); I have had no problem downloading other libraries recently. I receive the error message > > Warning: unable to access index for repository https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 > Warning message: > package ?Formula? is not available (for R version 3.2.2) > > I receive the same message adding lib=<path> to the install.packages call. An internet search suggests using download.file(), but that requires knowing the url of the file in the repository. > Can someone tell me the url (just add Formula to the url above?) or suggest another solution? Thanks. > John Karon > [[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.
On 17/12/15 07:29, John Karon wrote:> I am trying to download the ?Formula? library using > install.packages(?Formula?); I have had no problem downloading other > libraries recently. I receive the error message > > Warning: unable to access index for repository > https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 Warning > message: package ?Formula? is not available (for R version 3.2.2) > > I receive the same message adding lib=<path> to the install.packages > call. An internet search suggests using download.file(), but that > requires knowing the url of the file in the repository. Can someone > tell me the url (just add Formula to the url above?) or suggest > another solution? Thanks.I installed "Formula" just now, under R 3.2.2, using install.packages(), with no problem. Did you have a *look* at the URL https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 ??? Going there I see that the file Formula_1.2-1.zip is present and I was able to download it by clicking on it. So if you insist on using download.file() you could just tack "/Formula_1.2-1.zip" onto the end of your URL. But there is really no reason to do that; install.packages() works. It is a mystery what your problem could be, cheers, Rolf Turner -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> On Dec 16, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > On 17/12/15 07:29, John Karon wrote: >> I am trying to download the ?Formula? library using >> install.packages(?Formula?); I have had no problem downloading other >> libraries recently. I receive the error message >> >> Warning: unable to access index for repository >> https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 Warning >> message: package ?Formula? is not available (for R version 3.2.2) >> >> I receive the same message adding lib=<path> to the install.packages >> call. An internet search suggests using download.file(), but that >> requires knowing the url of the file in the repository. Can someone >> tell me the url (just add Formula to the url above?) or suggest >> another solution? Thanks. > > I installed "Formula" just now, under R 3.2.2, using install.packages(), with no problem. Did you have a *look* at the URL > > https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 > > ???When I attempt to open that with Chrome I get an error: This webpage is not available DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Like Bert, I also get an error report when I attempt to us the Berkeley repo, but I do not get an error when I use the CRAN repo in Switzerland.> > Going there I see that the file Formula_1.2-1.zip is present and I was able to download it by clicking on it.Well, those of us using Macs would not choose the zip file.> > So if you insist on using download.file() you could just tack "/Formula_1.2-1.zip" onto the end of your URL. But there is really no reason to do that; install.packages() works.Well it works for some people with some repos but not for all people with all repos. I have had problems since upgrading to R 3.2.3. sessionInfo() R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) Running under: OS X 10.11.2 (El Capitan) locale: [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 attached base packages: [1] grDevices utils datasets stats graphics grid [7] methods base other attached packages: [1] maps_3.0.1 rms_4.4-0 SparseM_1.7 Hmisc_3.17-0 [5] ggplot2_1.0.1 Formula_1.2-1 survival_2.38-3 sos_1.3-8 [9] brew_1.0-6 lattice_0.20-33 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] Rcpp_0.12.2 RColorBrewer_1.1-2 plyr_1.8.3 [4] tools_3.2.3 rpart_4.1-10 digest_0.6.8 [7] polspline_1.1.12 gtable_0.1.2 nlme_3.1-122 [10] Matrix_1.2-3 mvtnorm_1.0-3 proto_0.3-10 [13] gridExtra_2.0.0 stringr_1.0.0 cluster_2.0.3 [16] MatrixModels_0.4-1 nnet_7.3-11 foreign_0.8-66 [19] multcomp_1.4-1 latticeExtra_0.6-26 TH.data_1.0-6 [22] reshape2_1.4.1 magrittr_1.5 codetools_0.2-14 [25] scales_0.3.0.9000 MASS_7.3-45 splines_3.2.3 [28] colorspace_1.2-6 quantreg_5.19 sandwich_2.3-4 [31] stringi_1.0-1 acepack_1.3-3.3 munsell_0.4.2 [34] zoo_1.7-12> > It is a mystery what your problem could be, > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > ______________________________________________ > 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.David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA