[Rd] Unable to Install Packages from Binaries on Windows for R 3.2.3

[Steve Bronder]

Removing 'type=binary' worked for me.

install.packages(
   'httr',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
)

But I get an error when I select binary as type
---
 install.packages(
     'httr',
     type = 'binary',
     repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
 )
Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this platform.
---

Same error for another package
---
install.packages(
    'lme4',
    type = 'binary',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/")

Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this platform
---

 Platform session info below:

sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS




Regards,

Steve Bronder
Website: stevebronder.com
Phone: 412-719-1282
Email: sbronder at stevebronder.com


On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:33 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On 27 Feb 2016, at 05:22 , Ramnath Vaidyanathan <
> ramnath.vaidya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Installing packages from binaries on Windows seems broken, when using
> > mirrors that are up to date with CRAN
> >
> > install.packages(
> >  'httr',
> >  type = 'binary',
> >  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
> > )
> >
> > Changing repos to the Kansas CRAN mirror installs the package as
> expected,
> > but that could be because the KS mirror has not yet synced.
> >
> > Someone pointed out that the PACKAGES.gz file at
> > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/ seems to be
> corrupted
> > (0 KB), and this could be the issue.
>
>
> It's at 202K now in both places. Perhaps just retry?
>
> -pd
>
> >
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