[R] update.packages() and install.packages() does not work more because of "Error in read.dcf"

[Uwe Ligges]

On 30.03.2010 16:55, Juergen Rose wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on all my systems update.packages() and install.packages() fails now. I
> get the following message:
>
> root at orca:/root(28)# R
>
> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
> Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>> update.packages(checkBuilt=T)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting 'Li ...' is malformed!
>> update.packages()
> Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting 'Li ...' is malformed!
>> install.packages("e1071")
> Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting 'Li ...' is malformed!
>


Which repositories are used? If only CRAN: Which CRAN mirror?

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> All systems are gentoo systems with R-2.10.1.
> Also reinstalling of R from sources did not solve the problem.
> Any hint is appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Juergen
>