[R] Installing packages...

Benilton Carvalho bcarvalh at jhsph.edu
Tue Jan 23 21:25:42 CET 2007


well, i don't use RGui, but trying:

install.packages("neural", type="source") ## from the R command line

i could not reproduce the error (which may be a problem with the copy  
on the mirror you're using)...
b

On Jan 23, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Nüzhet Dalfes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am a total newbie to R. I am using R (2.4.1) on Mac OS X 10.4.8 and
> trying to install some packages using GUI Packages & Data/Package  
> Installer
> interface...
>
> Every time I get:
>
> trying URL
> 'http://umfragen.sowi.uni-mainz.de/CRAN/bin/macosx/universal/ 
> contrib/2.4/neural_1.4.1.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-tar' length 18920 bytes
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 18Kb
>
> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open compressed file 'neural/DESCRIPTION'
>>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Nüzhet Dalfes
>
> Istanbul Tech. Univ.
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