[R] Update.packages() seems to just stop

[Dr. Stephan Martin Rudolfer]

> Date:          Thu, 06 Sep 2001 18:49:28 +0200
> From:          Uwe Ligges <ligges at amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
> Organization:  Fachbereich Statistik, Universitaet Dortmund
> To:            "Dr. Stephan Martin Rudolfer" <stephan at fs2.ma.man.ac.uk>
> Cc:            r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject:       Re: [R] Update.packages() seems to just stop

> 
> 
> "Dr. Stephan Martin Rudolfer" wrote:
> > 
> > OS: Win98
> > 
> > When using update.packages(), either directly or using the packages
> > option at the top of the screen, I get the following messages.
> > 
> > > update.packages()
> > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
> > Content type `text/plain' length 5164 bytes
> > opened URL
> > downloaded 5164 bytes
> > 
> > >
> > 
> > However, the first time I successfully managed to use
> > update.packages(), it gave me the whole list of packages installed on
> > R, with the options of downloading each one or not.
> > 
> > What has changed, and how can I get back to the previous  results?
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance for any help given.
> 
> 
> That happens, if no packages are outdated. Do you think, there are any
> updated packages on CRAN (since you run update.packages() the last
> time)?
> 
> Uwe Ligges

Many thanks for your comments.

I've no idea whether there are any updated packages on CRAN (since 
I ran update.packages() the last time);  what I do know is that the 
only package which I did update was "foreign", leaving the other ones 
un-updated.  That is why I was rather surprised not to be given any 
other packages to update.

Stephan Rudolfer


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