Peter, Thank you. I tried a different mirror (in TX) and install.packages(“RWeka”) worked. I really appreciate your help.
Best, Peter > On Aug 20, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Peter Langfelder <peter.langfel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > From an older post by Uwe Ligges: > > Anyway: R tried to download the package but got an html page, obviously, > hence either the mirror you are using is corrupted or someone in between > (like some proxy?) delivers html pages rather than packages... > > > In other words, check your proxy/internet settings, or perhaps try a > different mirror. > > Peter > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Peter Wicher <pjwic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Many thanks. >> >> Yes, I am using the R.app GUI: >> [R.app GUI 1.66 (6996) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0] >> >> >> At startup, >> >>> getOption("repos") >> CRAN >> "@CRAN@" >> >> Then when attempting again to install RWeka I'm able to select the mirror, >> and after that the result is the same as yours: >> >>> getOption("repos") >> CRAN >> "https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu" >> >> Unfortunately the same error message happens with install.packages, for >> example: >>> install.packages("err") >> Error: Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed! >> >> I've confirmed that Java 8 update 60 is correctly loaded. >> >> Interestingly I've loaded R on my Windows machine and this error message >> doesn't happen, the packages load properly. >> >> Peter >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:17 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Peter Wicher <pjwic...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I’m starting to work my way through “Machine Learning With R” by Brett >>> Lantz. >>>> >>>> Running on Mac OS X 10.10.4 >>>> >>>> I’ve downloaded and installed R and the R Console comes up fine. >>>> >>>> Whenever I use the install.packages command, regardless of the package I >>> get the same error message: >>>> >>>>> install.packages ("RWeka") >>>> Error: Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed! >>>> >>>> Any idea of what is wrong and how to solve it? >>> >>> Not sure. Have never gotten that error message, and I do use OS X 10.10.3 >>> as well as having very recently updated to R 3.2.2. >>> >>> Are you using the R.app GUI? >>> >>> If so … What do you see when you look at Preference/Startup for the >>> default CRAN repository? >>> >>> If not … What do you see when you run: >>> >>> getOption("repos”) >>> >>> I get: >>> >>> CRAN >>> "http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu" >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Peter Wicher >>>> pjwic...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@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. >>> >>> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@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. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.