Maybe the suggestions here help: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#The-Internet-download-functions-fail_002e
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Charles Annis, P.E. <charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com> wrote: > Dear R-Helpers: > > I'm running R version 2.8.1 on a 1 year old HP Pavilion with a AMD Athelon > 64 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50GHz chip, Vista Home Premium SP1, and 2 GB > RAM. I can't add packages (even running as Administrator) because I can't > connect to a CRAN mirror. > >> chooseCRANmirror() > > (After nearly a minute I see the menu, and after any selection I immediately > see) > > Warning message: > In open.connection(con, "r") : > unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80. >> > > BUT - I also have R 2.6.2 installed on this machine. It works perfectly. > > Consulting the FAQ I tried changing permissions but no-go, plus the > permissions on R 2.6.2 and R 2.8.1 appear to be identical. > > I'm baffled. Can anyone illuminate this situation? > > Thanks > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > charles.an...@statisticalengineering.com > phone: 561-352-9699 > eFax: 614-455-3265 > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.