Thanks. You gentlemen please tell me what this means. In R (outside of RStudio) I ran:
install.packages("aod") Received a warning (and installation did not seem to go through). Then I tried install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') Received a warning but it went on to try https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip and it worked. See log below. I expect to continue to use R-3.0.3 for a while and I very much like this to become a routine. Thank you all. Steven Yen > install.packages("aod") Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a binary Warning in install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3) > install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 trying URL 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb) opened URL downloaded 220 Kb package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded binary packages are in C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpY7t6Ll\downloaded_packages On 2020/10/8 下午 10:52, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > Just remembered: RStudio runs its own wrapper around > install.packages(). Steven, you should try doing the install from > outside of RStudio, and see if it makes a difference. > > Duncan Murdoch > > On 08/10/2020 9:59 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> He didn't specify the RStudio repos, though it's probably implicitly >> specified in getOption("repos"). I wonder why install.packages() is >> looking there, when repos is given explicitly? >> >> On 08/10/2020 8:54 a.m., Uwe Ligges wrote: >>> Drop the RStudio repos. >>> >>> Best, >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> On 05.10.2020 11:10, Steven Yen wrote: >>>> Thanks. I did as suggested but still received a warning, though the >>>> installation went through. Anything I could do to install without the >>>> warning message. >>>> >>>> What is the contrib.url argument? >>>> >>>> > >>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') >>>> Warning in install.packages : >>>> unable to access index for repository >>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >>>> trying URL >>>> 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip' >>>> >>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb) >>>> opened URL >>>> downloaded 220 Kb >>>> >>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >>>> >>>> The downloaded binary packages are in >>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp46p9a3\downloaded_packages >>>> > >>>> >>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:58, Uwe Ligges wrote: >>>>> Then you'd rather need >>>>> >>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') >>>>> >>>>> or use the contrib.url argument. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Uwe Ligges >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 05.10.2020 10:47, Steven Yen wrote: >>>>>> Thanks for the help. I do update to the latest R-4.0.2. As I said, >>>>>> for reasons that's hard to explain, some of my tasks are better >>>>>> handled with an older version of R, in this case R-3.0.3. Please >>>>>> just >>>>>> help me install packages successfully with this older version of R. >>>>>> >>>>>> I ran the following line but obviously was not getting it across. >>>>>> >>>>>> ===== >>>>>> >>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/') >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Warning in >>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository >>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning in >>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository >>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Warning in install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R >>>>>> version 3.0.3) >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:12, Uwe Ligges wrote: >>>>>>> From >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ../ReadMe >>>>>>> in the mentioned web resource: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Packages for R >= 1.7.0 and R < 3.2.0 are available from >>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We do not hold binaries of several year old versions of R on CRAN. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Note that R 3.0.0 is 7 years old. You shoudl realy consider to >>>>>>> update to 4.0.2. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Uwe Ligges >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 09:56, Steven Yen wrote: >>>>>>>> I had to install/use an older version of (R-3.0.3) for a >>>>>>>> reason. While >>>>>>>> installing a package from CRAN (either in RStudio or R), I >>>>>>>> received >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> following warning message saying unable to access index for >>>>>>>> repository >>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0. See message >>>>>>>> below. In >>>>>>>> this case, I tried to install "aod". The install nevertheless went >>>>>>>> through, as confirmed by the library statement (I did not try >>>>>>>> to use >>>>>>>> it). Any idea? Thank you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ===== >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository >>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning: unable to >>>>>>>> access index for repository >>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 > >>>>>>>> install.packages("aod") Warning in install.packages : unable to >>>>>>>> access >>>>>>>> index for repository >>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for >>>>>>>> repository >>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 package ‘aod’ is >>>>>>>> available as a source package but not as a binary Warning in >>>>>>>> install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version >>>>>>>> 3.0.3) >>>>>>>> > library(aod) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [[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. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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.