[R] problem with chooseCRANmirror()

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This is a problem with internet connectivity from your machine (or 
cran.r-project.org was down at the time, but it is not now).

You may well need to set a proxy, for example: see ?download.file if you 
do.

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Perry Macdonald wrote:

> I get this error when using chooseCRANmirror().
>
> > chooseCRANmirror()
> Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80.
> >
>
>
> The TclTk window comes up and I can scroll and select a mirror, but it
> doesn't appear that I can connect properly. I am using RedHat Enterprise.
>
> I also can't connect to download the "akima" package
>
>
> > install.packages("akima")
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80.
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://www.biometrics.mtu.edu/CRAN/src/contrib
> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
>          no package 'akima' at the repositories
> >
>
> I appreciate any direction that I can be given...
>
> Perry
>
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