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

[Simon Urbanek]

On Jun 3, 2012, at 9:18 PM, C W wrote:

> Thanks for your words, Simon.
> 
> The beach ball kept on spinning around and around.  I get no response from R.  Not sure if it's slow or freezing.  I think it's extremely slow.
> 

Did you try simply using install.packages(...) in command-line R? That will give you progress and thus show where it's taking so long ...

Cheers,
S


> The connection is very fast, it's usually less than 30 sec to install most packages on my Windows laptop.  
> 
> Same internet connection.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:48 PM, C W wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for your answer, Simon.
> >
> > I usually use PA(1) or PA(2) since I am located near NYC.  I've also tried CA(1).  Same result.  Does distance matter that much if I used CA or PA, though I've always used PA, the CMU mirror, I think.
> >
> 
> The distance doesn't matter at all - it's more a matter of how good connection does the server have, how heavy is the load etc. Essentially anywhere in the US is just fine.
> 
> If you have problems with any mirror then the issue may be with your local machine or its internet connection...
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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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