[R-SIG-Mac] install packages snafu

Tue Oct 24 17:19:30 CEST 2006

Helen,

try using a different mirror - it appears as if the mirror you use  
returns garbage instead of the PACKAGES file.

Cheers,
Simon

On Oct 24, 2006, at 5:52 AM, Helen DeWitt wrote:

> I'm using OS X 4.6, R 2.4. I want to install the package Hmisc. When I
> select Get List for  CRAN binaries in the Package Installer I get this
> error message:
>
> Error: subscript out of bounds
> In addition: There were 50 or more warnings (use warnings() to see the
> first 50)
>
> I append a sample of these warnings. I'm baffled, because I've used  
> the
> Package Installer in the past with no problem.
>
> Warning messages:
> 1: Line starting '<?xml version="1.0"  ...' is malformed!
> 2: Line starting '<head> ...' is malformed!
> 3: Line starting '<title>Sedoparking.c ...' is malformed!
> 4: Line starting '<meta name="descript ...' is malformed!
> 5: Line starting '<meta http-equiv="Ex ...' is malformed!
> 6: Line starting '<meta http-equiv="Pr ...' is malformed!
> 7: Line starting '<meta http-equiv="co ...' is malformed!
> 8: Line starting '<meta name="copyrigh ...' is malformed!
> 9: Line starting '<meta name="keywords ...' is malformed!
> 10: Line starting '<link rel="styleshee ...' is malformed!
> 11: Line starting '<style type="text/cs ...' is malformed!
> 12: Line starting '</style> ...' is malformed!
> 13: Line starting '</head> ...' is malformed!
> 14: Line starting '<body> ...' is malformed!
> 15: Line starting '<div id="keywordlink ...' is malformed!
> 16: Line starting '<ul> ...' is malformed!
> 17: Line starting '<li>|</li> ...' is malformed!
> 18: Line starting '</ul> ...' is malformed!
> 19: Line starting '<br class="clearleft ...' is malformed!
> 20: Line starting '</div> ...' is malformed!
> 21: Line starting '<div id="logo"> ...' is malformed!
> 22: Line starting '<h1>r-mirror.de</h1> ...' is malformed!
> 23: Line starting '</div> ...' is malformed!
> 24: Line starting '<div id="websearch"> ...' is malformed!
> 25: Line starting '<form action="tracki ...' is malformed!
> 26: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 27: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 28: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 29: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 30: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 31: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 32: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 33: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 34: Line starting '<div><input type="hi ...' is malformed!
> 35: Line starting '<input name="keyword ...' is malformed!
> 36: Line starting '<input type="submit" ...' is malformed!
>
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