i wish to know how to set a folder in computer as a mirror from which i can install packages i am aware of the menu approach- "Packages>install from local zip files" but i wish to know the command line approach because i dont have internet access on the computer where i will be using R.
i have put the zip files of packages in C:\R\packages\bin\windows\contrib\2.11 i have put the following lines in Rprofile.site local({r <- getOption("repos") r["CRAN"] <- "file://C:/R/packages/" options(repos=r)}) but when i run install.packages("package_name_here"), i get the following message: Warning in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open compressed file '//C:/R/packages/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/PACKAGES', probable reason 'No such file or directory' Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection Please help [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@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.