[R] Error Installing or Updating Packages (Maybe because of a proxy)

[Olivier Crouzet]

Back again,

just tried at work (through a proxy, same R version, "should be" same
Debian Linux version = Debian Testing recently updated but one on a
Macbook computer (at home, does not work), the other on a Desktop PC (at
work, works flawlessly)).

Will try to investigate further... Majid, did you locate the source of
your problem ?

Thanks.
Olivier.



-Le Wed, 8 Jun
2011 17:32:36 +0200, Olivier Crouzet a écrit :

> Dear all,
> 
> I receive the very same error message on a Debian computer (testing)
> with R 2.13.0 also.
> 
> > install.packages('emu')
> Installing package(s) into
> ‘/home/olivier/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.13’ (as ‘lib’ is
> unspecified) 
> Error in ret[i, ] <- c(pkgs[i], lib, desc) : 
>   number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length
> 
> I have no proxy settings on this computer (neither
> in .bashrc / .bash_profile, nor in my desktop environment, and I'm
> doing it at home where I'm not using any proxy).
> 
> I can download a file on the web from within R (using both
> download.file () or download.packages
> ('emu','/home/olivier/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.13')... and
> finally I can also use install.packages() on this downloaded file and
> the install works flawlessly.
> 
> I can't find any old R base package in the various directories
> indicated by .libPaths().
> 
> > .libPaths()
> [1] "/home/olivier/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.13"
> [2] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"                 
> [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library"                       
> [4] "/usr/lib/R/library"   
> 
> The only place where I can think there may be one are the local trees
> ([1] and [2]) as the 2 others are (should be) updated automatically
> when updating R with the Debian pkg mngmt system and there's nothing
> inside them. Only [4] contains a base/ subdirectory (a single one)
> but I suppose this is the current one for R 2.13.0
> 
> I can install a package once it's been downloaded locally (through R
> CMD INSTALL pkg) but can't succeed in installing the same package
> from the CRAN mirrors using install.packages(). I experience the very
> same issue with all related instructions (old.packages(),
> update.packages()) 
> 
> I also could do that several months ago on a different Debian computer
> (but with an older R version than the current one).
> 
> Any hints (including what kind of information I should give to enhance
> the description of this issue)?
> 
> Olivier.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:29:17 +0200 Uwe Ligges
> <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> 
> > If the internet connection from R works, can you please verify that
> > you do not have any R base package from an old R version in a
> > current R library that you may have in the .libPaths() already?
> > 
> > Uwe Ligges
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 20.04.2011 09:25, Majid Einian wrote:
> > > Dear R Helpers,
> > > (I am using Ubuntu lucid and R 2.13.0
> > > When I try to update packages I get this error:
> > >
> > >> update.packages()
> > > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> > > Error in ret[i, ]<- c(pkgs[i], lib, desc) :
> > >    number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement
> > > length
> > >
> > > I had no problem before (case 1) but now (case 2) I cannot get it
> > > to work, googleing did not help:
> > > case 1:
> > >       * connecting directly without any proxy setting (at my
> > > university)
> > >       * using R 2.12.2
> > > case 2:
> > >       * connecting through proxy setting (at my workplace)
> > >       * using R 2.13.0
> > >
> > > I set the proxy in terminal too but it does not help (echo
> > > $http_proxy gives me http://192.168.0.1:8080/)
> > >
> > 
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> > minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> 


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