On 3/30/2007 3:37 PM, Roger Bivand wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 3/30/2007 2:39 PM, Gaurav Ghosh wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just installed R 2.4.1 and tried to install the package 'sp' working down >>> from the 'Packages' menu in the R GUI. The package would not install and I >>> got the following message: >>> >>> "trying URL >>> 'http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/sp_0.9-10.zip' >>> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb") : >>> cannot open URL >>> 'http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/sp_0.9-10.zip' >>> In addition: Warning message: >>> cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' >>> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available, >>> : >>> download of package 'sp' failed" >>> >>> I tried to find the installation file "sp_0.9-10.zip" through the >>> CRAN website, but was unable to do so. So I was wondering if there was >>> some other way to get this package I need. Or perhaps there might be some >>> problem with the website itself. >> >> You didn't say which mirror you were using, but it looks like a problem >> there. I just tried from one of the Canadian mirrors and there was no >> problem finding the package. > >>From HTTP, the mirror mentioned inline http://cran.us.r-project.org/ has > problems, is well behind on versions in the project pages, and > > http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/ > > has no sp package at all. The last check summary is dated 2007-03-16. > > Please try another mirror; if anyone could find out what is the matter > with the mirror, and get it corrected, that would be welcome.
I've let them know they're a couple of weeks behind on updates. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
