[R] Warning: unable to access index for repository...

[Tully Holmes]

Thanks Bert, I'll reference this repository to determine the firewall rules
we will need.

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Tully Holmes

Business Applications Analyst

State of Wyoming

Wyoming Community College Commission

2300 Capitol Ave., 5th Floor, Suite B

Cheyenne, WY 82002

307-777-6832



On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 2:35 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:

> The main CRAN repository is at:
> https://cran.r-project.org/
>
> A full list of repositories can be found under the "Mirrors" link there.
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:19 PM Tully Holmes <tully.holmes using wyo.gov> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> I'm trying to install a package with the "install.packages" command in
>> RGUI, and get the following error message:
>>
>>
>> > install.packages ("tidyverse")
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> https://mran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2017-05-01/src/contrib:
>>   cannot open URL ''
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> https://mran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2017-05-01/bin/windows/contrib/3.3:
>>   cannot open URL '
>> https://mran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2017-05-01/bin/
>> windows/contrib/3.3/PACKAGES
>> '
>> Warning message:
>> package ‘tidyverse’ is not available (for R version 3.3.3)
>>
>>
>> Is there any documentation available that might document all the
>> destination IP addresses that are involved when the "install.packages"
>> command is ran?  Our R server is in a part of the state network that has
>> limited access to the internet, so I need to have outbound openings made
>> in
>> the firewall that will let the install.packages command access what it
>> needs to access .  Earlier I have coordinated with the firewall team to
>> open ports 80 and 443 outbound from our R server to the 3 IP addresses
>> that
>> correspond to mran.microsoft.com, cran.microsoft.com, and
>> www.stats.ox.ac.uk.
>> I looked up these 3 IP addresses at network-tools.com.  I think there
>> might
>> be additional IP addresses involved, because after these openings were
>> made, I'm still getting the error message above.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tully Holmes
>>
>> Business Applications Analyst
>>
>> State of Wyoming
>>
>> Wyoming Community College Commission
>>
>> 2300 Capitol Ave., 5th Floor, Suite B
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>>
>> Cheyenne, WY 82002
>>
>> 307-777-6832
>>
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