[R-SIG-Mac] R package installer + update is slow and freezes

[Simon Urbanek]

On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:30 PM, C W wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> I am using OS X Lion, I experience very slow package installation.
> 
> For instance, it would take me 5 minutes to get connect and finish install
> ggplot2().  And then, I another 3 min to install its depedencies.  I don't
> remember taking this long nor doing this much work on Windows.
> 
> I was wondering if anyone else experience this problem.

Not really, it's typically a matter of seconds. Try using a different mirror.

Cheers,
Simon


>  Thanks in advance.
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> 
> R version 2.14.2 (2012-02-29)
> 
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
> 
> 
> locale:
> 
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
> 
> 
> attached base packages:
> 
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> 
> 
> other attached packages:
> 
> [1] ggplot2_0.9.1
> 
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> 
> [1] colorspace_1.1-1   dichromat_1.2-4    digest_0.5.2
> 
> [4] grid_2.14.2        MASS_7.3-18        memoise_0.1
> 
> [7] munsell_0.3        plyr_1.7.1         proto_0.3-9.2
> 
> [10] RColorBrewer_1.0-5 reshape2_1.2.1     scales_0.2.1
> 
> [13] stringr_0.6        tools_2.14.2
> 
> 
> Mike
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