[R] Trouble installing packages on Macintosh OS-X 10.5.6

[Rob Goedman]

John,

I noticed yesterday and this morning that the UCLA mirror is not  
responding reliably right now.
Switching to Berkeley (CA 1 in the preferences list in R.app) solved  
that issue for me.

ROb


On May 3, 2009, at 6:23 AM, stephen sefick wrote:

> Maybe the mirror that you are using has not been completely updated?
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, jlwoodard <john.woodard at wayne.edu>  
> wrote:
>>
>> I just upgraded my version of R from 2.8.1 to 2.9.0.  After doing  
>> so, I now
>> have problems using the package installer to reinstall all my  
>> packages.
>> Some download and install without problems, but for others, I get the
>> spinning pinwheel and after even 10 minutes, nothing is  
>> downloaded.  R stops
>> responding.  At first, I had not deleted the old version of 2.8.1  
>> before
>> installing 2.9.0.  However, I went back and deleted the R GUI from  
>> the
>> Applications folder and the R.framework folder from /Library/ 
>> Frameworks and
>> then reinstalled 2.9.0.  Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> John Woodard
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