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

[Olivier Crouzet]

Le Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:14:55 +0200, Olivier Crouzet a écrit :

Back again again,

actually, the big difference between the two computers is in the
library path. On the computer where package installation
works, .libPaths() returns:

> .libPaths()
[1] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library" "/usr/lib/R/site-library"      
[3] "/usr/lib/R/library"           

With no path being part of my local home directory... and the install
puts the installed packages into the first one
(/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/) as expected. I will try to change the
destination directory for the install on the other computer.

Olivier.


> 


> 
> 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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> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented,
> > > minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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