[R] update.packages

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Giovanni Parrinello wrote:

> Dear All,
> from some days when I try to update the installed packages I receive
> this answer:
> update.packages(ask='graphics')
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Error in as.list(read.dcf(file = file)[1, ]) :
>        indice fuori limite # index out of bound
> TIA
> Giovanni
> PS: I have already tried to solve the problem reinstalling R or changing
> the options of update.packages..

You have a corrupt package installed.  This is an R error just like any 
other, so you should use the debugging tools described in 'Writing R 
Extensions' to find which one, and remove it.

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