[R-SIG-Mac] GUI package installer has bug since install.packages works

[Simon Urbanek]

On Sep 10, 2006, at 11:22 AM, David Airey wrote:

> A few days ago I sent an email in which I said I could not install  
> or update binary packages using the R.app GUI. While this remains  
> true, I can install packages in R.app using the command  
> "install.packages ("my_package_name")".
>
> So there seems to be a bug in the latest version of R.app for the  
> package installer GUI.
>

Since you seem to be the only one having this problem (I cannot  
reproduce it, either), I would be inclined to think that this is  
rather a problem either with the mirror you use or your system. Try  
changing the mirror first.

Cheers,
Simon



> Using a completely new installation of R does not fix this issue.
>
> I'm using the latest OS X install.
>
> -Dave
>
>
>
>> I think this came up recently, but I've deleted my email.
>>
>> I cannot install compiled packages. I get this error using R
>> Version 1.16 (3198):
>>
>> trying URL 'http://www.biometrics.mtu.edu/CRAN/bin/macosx/powerpc/
>> contrib/2.3/qtl_1.03-14.tgz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 864112 bytes
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 843Kb
>>
>> Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
>> 	argument is missing, with no default
>> tar: ~/Library/R/library/file4431b782: Cannot chdir: No such file
>> or directory
>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>
>> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>>>
>
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