[R] install packages

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Linda portman wrote:
> I am trying to install packages, WHat i did is: 
>  
> options(CRAN= "http://cran.us.r-project.org/")
> install.packages("pakgs")
>  
> However I got error message like:
> trying URL `http://cran.us.r-project.org//bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
> Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep = "/"),  : 
>         cannot open: HTTP status was `404'
> In addition: Warning message: 
> argument `lib' is missing: using C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1051/library in: install.packages("modreg")
                                                  ^^^^^^
Time to upgrade.

> Can you tell me why?
> 
>  

For 1.9.0, modreg was merged with stats, so is thus a defunct package.

--sundar