[R-SIG-Mac] Problem using the R.app GUI Package Installer

[Ken Beath]

In the Install Packages dialog there is an Other Repository option and that seems to be permanent.

It can also be changed in the Preferences.

> On 29 Sep. 2016, at 8:13 am, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 28/09/2016 5:26 PM, Joseph Kunkel wrote:
>> I got this error message working under R version 3.3.0  trying to use the Mac [R.app GUI 1.68 (7238) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0]  Packages & Data/ Package Installer
>> 
>> R error message:
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3:  cannot open URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3/PACKAGES'
>> 
>> I checked for upgrades and installed R version 3.3.1
>> 
>> I got the same error message once again.
>> 
>> Luckily I remembered that I could install libraries from within R and thus used:
>> 
>>> install.packages('RCurl', dependencies=TRUE, repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')
>> 
>> But I am wondering if the malfunction of the GUI approach is something I can fix or is temporary?
>> 
> 
> That was probably a temporary problem, or a local network problem for you:  I can get the URL to open.
> 
> But in general, to change the default mirror in R.app, run chooseCRANmirror() in the console.  I forget whether that changes it for the session or permanently.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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