[R-SIG-Mac] install packages snafu

Tue Oct 24 21:24:30 CEST 2006

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately every mirror I try returns the 
same garbage.

Simon Urbanek wrote:
> 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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