[R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.02.2020 10:51, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> Joel,
> 
> This should be a temporary issue, I can reach the failed URL.
> 
> 	local({
> 	+   r <- getOption("repos")
> 	+   r["CRAN"] <- "https://cloud.r-project.org/"
> 	+   options(repos = r)
> 	+ })
> 
> 	> install.packages("tidyverse")
> 	[...]
> 	trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/tidyverse_1.3.0.tar.gz'
> 	Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 712837 bytes (696 KB)
> 	[...]
> 
> Did an upgrade (of packages) from within RStudio from same and that also
> worked out well.
> 
> So, in the first instance, try again :-)-O
> 
> CRAN has many mirrors, but I strongly advise for using RStudio which
> figures this out for themselves in addition to many other advantages
> (such as sponsoring the mirroring service in the first place), so you
> could try the closest mirror from https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html.

R Studio sponsors cloud.... but not all mirrors.

For myself, I would not use RStudio as it does what you describe: Lots 
of things I do not want to be done. So I typically never give advise 
which editor or environment to use, as that is a matter of taste.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> greetings, el
> 
> On 07/02/2020 18:54, Joel Jacobson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a R newbie having some problems.
>>
>> The special PACKAGES file seems to be missing for version 3.6:
>> https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES
>>
>> This is causing install.packages() to fail, which forces installation
>> from source:
>>
> [...]
>>
>> Have I made som mistake or is this a real problem?
>>
>> Many thanks for any help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Joel Jacobson
> [...]
> 
>