[R] Issue wit Package installation and download.file()

[Jeff Newmiller]

This sounds like  you should read FAQ 2.19.

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On February 22, 2015 12:36:16 AM PST, Aakrity Tibrewal <aakrity333tibrewal at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have installed RStudio Version 0.98.1091, R version, R Version 3.1.2,
>on
>my Windows 7 desktop (64 bit). I am using wifi without any proxy
>server.
>
>Issues:-
>
>1. I am unable to install the packages from CRAN mirror(India). I am
>getting the below error:-
>
>*Warning: unable to access index for repository
>http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1
><http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>*
>*Warning: unable to access index for repository
>http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1
><http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/3.1>*
>*Warning messages:*
>*1: In open.connection(con, "r") :*
>*  unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org
><http://cran.r-project.org>' on
>port 80.*
>*2: package ‘devtools’ is not available (for R version 3.1.2) *
>
>
>
>2. I am unable to download file using method * download.file() *
>I get the below error:-
>
>trying URL '
>https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data'
>Error in download.file(url, file) :
>  cannot open URL '
>https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data'
>In addition: Warning message:
>In download.file(url, file) :
>InternetOpenUrl failed: 'The server name or address could not be
>resolved'
>
>
>Action Taken:-
>I have execute the following command in Rstudio:-
>
>*Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")*
>
>and I have created the .Reniron file in the home directory that
>contains
>*Sys.setenv(http_proxy="")*
>
>
>Issue is still the same.
>Please help me!
>
>Thanks,
>Aakrity
>
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