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> From: Ken Hutchison <vicvoncastle@gmail.com>
> Date: January 15, 2012 8:54:49 PM EST
> To: Ben Bolker <bbolker@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [R] Trouble installing packages on R2.14.1
> 
> Check browser proxy settings and run R.exe with the proper flags to use them from cmd.
>  Hope that helps,
>     Ken
> 
> 
> On Jan 15, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Ben Bolker <bbolker@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Crawford Mark <Mark.Crawford <at> derm.qld.gov.au> writes:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> Have just recently downloaded R version 2.14.1 and can't install
>>> packages (Code below),  32bit version on windows. From the looks of
>>> things access is the problem but I don't know where to start, would it
>>> be my system that is the problem or is the repository not set up for the
>>> latest version yet?
>>> Any ideas on how to rectify the problem would be greatly appreciated
>>> Cheers
>>>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> http://cran.csiro.au/bin/windows/contrib/2.14
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.14
>>> Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type
>>> = type) : 
>>> no packages were specified
>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>> In open.connection(con, "r") :
>>> unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Given that you are unable to reach either repository,
>> and that both are mainstream (and that I have no trouble
>> connecting to the CSIRO repository or seeing the other one),
>> I suspect you are having network and/or firewall troubles.
>> I believe there is some Windows-specific troubleshooting advice
>> in the R for Windows FAQ ...
>> 
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