[R] problems with *downloading* packages tseries and robustbase

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It works from my home ISP (Virgin Media) and from .ox.ac.uk, so I think 
the problem is local to you, perhaps your DNS server.  Ask you IT support 
for erm ... support.

Please do try to use an accurate subject line (see the posting guide).

(Why don't peoople just try a different mirror or some IP/TCP debugging 
tools instead of asking here about problems with mirrors?  At most a 
handful of readers can do anything about this.)

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, tolga.i.uzuner at jpmorgan.com wrote:

> Dear R Users,
>
> Is there a known problem with downloading packages robustbase and tseries
> from the UK CRAN website ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tolga
>
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>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/robustbase_0.2-8.zip'
> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>  cannot open URL
> 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/robustbase_0.2-8.zip'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>  cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
> Warning in download.packages(p0, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
>  download of package 'robustbase' failed
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/tseries_0.10-15.zip'
> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>  cannot open URL
> 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/tseries_0.10-15.zip'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>  cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
> Warning in download.packages(p0, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
>  download of package 'tseries' failed

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