

I'm not sure what was going on, but trying to decipher it was taking too
much time so I threw out most of the packages and started over with a clean
slate.  I don't get the error now. Thanks anyway.

Peter Keller
Wildlife Biologist
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge

Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote on 04/28/2009 05:07:34
AM:

>
>
> Peter_Keller@fws.gov wrote:
> > Just tried a minute ago with the Austria mirror as you said, and I
still
> > get the error.
>
>
> Can you please tell us the result of
> traceback() after you did that.
>
> Are you sure you have no *old* base packages in the library you want to
> run update.packages() on?
> Are you sure that all packages within your library are valid?
> Do you have others than just the standard library?
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
> > Peter Keller
> > Wildlife Biologist
> > Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
> >
> >
> >
> >

> >              Uwe Ligges

> >              <ligges@statistik

> >              .tu-dortmund.de>
To
> >                                        Peter_Keller@fws.gov

> >              04/24/2009 12:24
cc
> >              PM                        r-help@r-project.org

> >
Subject
> >                                        Re: [R]

> >                                        update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)

> >                                        returns Error: invalid version

> >                                        specification NA in 2.9.0

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Just a guess: We had an issues with malformed PACKAGES files in the
> > Windows repositories.
> >
> > Maybe you are affected here.
> > Can you please try in 24 hours from now to do that again using the
> > mirror in Austria.
> >
> > If the problem persists, please let me know.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> >
> > Peter_Keller@fws.gov wrote:
> >> I installed R-2.9.0 yesterday, and followed the instructions in the R
for
> >> Windows FAQ, 2.8 What's the best way to upgrade?  It reads "run
> >> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE) in the new R and then
delete
> >> anything left of the old installation."  I did this but it returned an
> >> error.  It's the checkBuilt=TRUE which causes it, though I don't know
> > why:
> >> leaving it out or changing it to checkBuilt=FALSE do not return
errors.
> >>
> >>> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
> >> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> >> Error: invalid version specification NA
> >>
> >>> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)
> >> Error: invalid version specification NA
> >>
> >> Peter Keller
> >> Wildlife Biologist
> >> Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
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> >>
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> >
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