[R-SIG-Mac] cannot install packages

[Simon Urbanek]

David,

thanks for your report. The package index file PACKAGES is missing in the binary repository for R 3.6.x due to a sync issue yesterday (the build machine was relocated yesterday). This has been fixed now, but it may take CRAN mirrors some time before the change propagates, so please use the master
https://mac.R-project.org
as the CRAN mirror until it does.

Thanks,
Simon


> On 8/02/2020, at 7:30 AM, Van Sanford, D A. <dvs using uky.edu> wrote:
> 
> I cannot seem to install the package kinship2 on my mac in R studio running the latest version of R.  I get this message:
> > install.packages("kinship2")
> also installing the dependency ‘quadprog’
> 
> Warning in install.packages :
>   unable to access index for repository https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6:
>   cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES'
> Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘quadprog’
> Do you want to attempt to install these from sources? (Yes/no/cancel) cancel
> Error in install.packages : Cancelled by user
> > install.packages("quadprog")
> Warning in install.packages :
>   unable to access index for repository https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6:
>   cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES'
> Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘quadprog’
> Do you want to attempt to install these from sources? (Yes/no/cancel) cancel
> Error in install.packages : Cancelled by user
> 
> 
> I get the same message when trying to install the package pedigree.  I have never had this experience previously.  any thoughts? thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David A. Van Sanford
> Professor, Wheat Breeding & Genetics
> Dep. Plant & Soil Sciences
> 327 Plant Science Bldg.
> University of Kentucky
> Lexington, KY 40546-0312
> cell: 859-338-2409
> web: https://ukwheatbreeding.ca.uky.edu/
> 
> 
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