[R] CRAN versions of lme4/Matrix don't appear to work with R 2.1.1

[Spencer Graves]

	  I don't know, but I had a similar problem a few weeks ago with the 
one or both of the California sites (I don't remember which now).  The 
problems disappeared after I switched to "http://cran.fhcrc.org/" (Fred 
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA).

	  spencer graves

Mark Andersen wrote:

> Hi, all, 
> 
> This is interesting, since the problem I posted on a week ago was resolved
> by downloading (the current versions of) R and ctv from the Austria site;
> the UCLA site, from which I had downloaded before, had an old version of R
> labeled as the current version, and it was not compatible with the version
> of ctv that they had.
> 
> Moral of story: It's not just the Statlib site that is (or at least can be)
> unreliable.
> 
> Is it common knowledge that there are other "mirrors" which do not provide a
> very good reflection?
> 
> Regards,
> Mark A.
> 
> Dr. Mark C. Andersen
> Associate Professor
> Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
> New Mexico State University
> Las Cruces NM 88003-0003
> phone: 505-646-8034
> fax: 505-646-1281
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of White, Charles E
> WRAIR-Wash DC
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: Peter Dalgaard
> Cc: Douglas Bates; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; Spencer Graves
> Subject: Re: [R] CRAN versions of lme4/Matrix don't appear to work with R
> 2.1.1
> 
> 1) It was the Statlib mirror from which I was downloading. If I don't get
> any more interesting messages before I return to work in the morning, I'll
> try installing off of a different mirror.
> 
> 2) On general principles, I just updated the lme4 related packages on the
> SuSE 10 machine that I run at home (NC mirror). That worked fine.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pd at pubhealth.ku.dk on behalf of Peter Dalgaard
> Sent: Thu 1/12/2006 4:56 PM
> ....
> Which CRAN mirror? The Statlib one has been acting up lately.
> ....
> 
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