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

Thu Oct 8 18:49:17 CEST 2020

Don't choose a mirror.  That will override the repos choice.

Do update R to a current version if you aren't able to debug this 
yourself.

Duncan Murdoch

On 08/10/2020 12:38 p.m., Steven Yen wrote:
> Sorry Gentlemen and all. Now this is becoming a joke (to me). I repeated
> what I did earlier, with and without the option to set repos suggested
> by Duncan. Now it does not work. I wonder whether it is dependent on the
> mirror I chose, but I do not remember the one I chose earlier when it work.
> 
> I need your help, gentlemen, as I need to use R-3.0.3 for my task.
> 
>   > options(repos="https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>   > chooseCRANmirror()
>   > install.packages("aod")
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
> 
>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a binary
> 
> Warning message:
> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>   > install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
> Warning message:
> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
> 
> On 2020/10/9 上午 12:02, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> Okay, so it's not an RStudio issue.  However, I'd guess setting
>>
>>    options(repos = "https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>>
>> at the start of your session could make everything work.  (I'm
>> guessing you currently have it set to "http://cran.rstudio.com", which
>> is the source of the last warning below, probably due to an R bug.
>> But since you're using an obsolete version of R, it shouldn't surprise
>> you that it has bugs that nobody else is seeing.)
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>> On 08/10/2020 11:54 a.m., Steven Yen wrote:
>>> Thanks. You gentlemen please tell me what this means. In R (outside
>>> of RStudio) I ran:
>>>
>>> install.packages("aod")
>>>
>>> Received a warning (and installation did not seem to go through).
>>>
>>> Then I tried
>>>
>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>
>>> Received a warning but it went on to try
>>>
>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip
>>>
>>> and it worked. See log below.
>>>
>>> I expect to continue to use R-3.0.3 for a while and I very much like
>>> this to become a routine. Thank you all.
>>>
>>> Steven Yen
>>>
>>>   > install.packages("aod")
>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>
>>>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a binary
>>>
>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>     package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>>   > install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>> trying URL
>>> 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip'
>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>
>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>
>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpY7t6Ll\downloaded_packages
>>>
>>> On 2020/10/8 下午 10:52, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>> Just remembered:  RStudio runs its own wrapper around
>>>> install.packages().  Steven, you should try doing the install from
>>>> outside of RStudio, and see if it makes a difference.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>> On 08/10/2020 9:59 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>>> He didn't specify the RStudio repos, though it's probably implicitly
>>>>> specified in getOption("repos").  I wonder why install.packages() is
>>>>> looking there, when repos is given explicitly?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/10/2020 8:54 a.m., Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>> Drop the RStudio repos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 11:10, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks. I did as suggested but still received a warning, though the
>>>>>>> installation went through. Anything I could do to install without
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> warning message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is the contrib.url argument?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>>>       unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>> trying URL
>>>>>>> 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>>>>>> opened URL
>>>>>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>>>>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp46p9a3\downloaded_packages
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:58, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>> Then you'd rather need
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or use the contrib.url argument.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 10:47, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the help. I do update to the latest R-4.0.2. As I said,
>>>>>>>>> for reasons that's hard to explain, some of my tasks are better
>>>>>>>>> handled with an older version of R, in this case R-3.0.3.
>>>>>>>>> Please just
>>>>>>>>> help me install packages successfully with this older version
>>>>>>>>> of R.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I ran the following line but obviously was not getting it across.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/')
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Warning in
>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning in
>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available
>>>>>>>>> (for R
>>>>>>>>> version 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:12, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> From
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ../ReadMe
>>>>>>>>>> in the mentioned web resource:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Packages for R >= 1.7.0 and R < 3.2.0 are available from
>>>>>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We do not hold binaries of several year old versions of R on
>>>>>>>>>> CRAN.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Note that R 3.0.0 is 7 years old. You shoudl realy consider to
>>>>>>>>>> update to 4.0.2.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 09:56, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I had to install/use an older version of (R-3.0.3) for a
>>>>>>>>>>> reason. While
>>>>>>>>>>> installing a package from CRAN (either in RStudio or R), I
>>>>>>>>>>> received
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> following warning message saying unable to access index for
>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0. See message
>>>>>>>>>>> below. In
>>>>>>>>>>> this case, I tried to install "aod". The install nevertheless
>>>>>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>>>>>> through, as confirmed by the library statement (I did not try
>>>>>>>>>>> to use
>>>>>>>>>>> it). Any idea? Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning:
>>>>>>>>>>> unable to
>>>>>>>>>>> access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >
>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod") Warning in install.packages : unable
>>>>>>>>>>> to access
>>>>>>>>>>> index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for
>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 package ‘aod’ is
>>>>>>>>>>> available as a source package but not as a binary Warning in
>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version
>>>>>>>>>>> 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>>>      > library(aod)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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