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

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Steve,

CRAN only compiles packages for Windows and OS X, so this is a) completely
expected and b) completely unrelated to the issue being discussed in this
thread.

Best,
Ista
On Feb 27, 2016 12:32 PM, "Steve Bronder" <sbronder at stevebronder.com> wrote:

> 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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