[R] unable to open connection

[Uwe Ligges]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> Actually, you are unable to connect to the Internet from R on your 
> computer.  Perhaps you are not connected, or need to set a proxy?
> 
> Please read the rw-FAQ, as the posting guide asks.
> 
> Note that right now you there are no packages on CRAN and Bioconductor has
> not yet released packages for R 2.0.x.  The first is a short-term problem,

Yes, unfotunately, there was a network breakdown caused by a broken 
router (that one that connects the whole building with the world) over 
the weekend - and our department has no access to that machine. The 
problem is solved now.

Windows binaries will soon be back on CRAN.

Uwe Ligges


> and the second needs a little patience (look at
> http://www.bioconductor.org which has variously mentioned Oct 25 and Nov
> 1).
> 
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, shizhu zang wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi , there:
>>I used function source to download the package 
>>but found
>> 
>>
>>>source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")
>>
>>Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
>>In addition: Warning message: 
>>unable to resolve 'www.bioconductor.org'. 
>> 
>> 
>>Then I downloaded the packages from CRAN
>>and found 
>>
>>>local({a <- CRAN.packages()
>>
>>+ install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a, dependencies=TRUE)})
>>trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES'
>>Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep = "/"),  : 
>>        cannot open URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES'
>>In addition: Warning message: 
>>unable to resolve 'cran.r-project.org'. 
>>
>>I  use the Window operation system
>>I don't konw what is the matter
> 
> 
>>PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
>