[R] Not able to install RODBC package

[Vivek Singh]

Got a small fix for this issue. Sharing so that it may help others in
future.

options(repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')

Regards,

Vivek Kumar Singh

PhD student,
Information Systems Decision Sciences,
MUMA College of Business,
USF
Phone- (813) 5809131
Web: http://vivek4.myweb.usf.edu/

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:

> On Jun 28, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Vivek Singh <vivek4 at mail.usf.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> install.packages('RODBC')
> > Installing package into ‘/home/vivek/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0’
> > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> > Warning: unable to access index for repository
> > https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib
> > Warning message:
> > package ‘RODBC’ is not available (for R version 3.0.2)
> >
> > Please suggest any way to either install the package or use another
> package
> > to connect MySQL database from R.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Vivek Kumar Singh
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Typically that error is an indication of a problem accessing and reading
> files on the CRAN mirror, possibly due to a proxy/firewall issue on your
> end and/or perhaps that your R installation does not support HTTPS (secure
> http). If the former, you may need to check with your SysAdmin.
>
> You might try to select a different CRAN mirror, including one that is not
> secure http (regular http:// URL) to see if that works.
>
> Also, note that the version of R that you are running (3.0.2) is from Sep
> of 2013, so quite dated. The current version is 3.3.1, which was just
> released this month.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
>

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