[R] Package download problem {was "Help_Unable to run glmer"}

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "DW" == David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
>>>>>     on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:32:09 -0400 writes:

    DW> It's a 404 message. Try a repository that does have
    DW> it. The CMU repository has a copy but the one you picked
    DW> does not seem to have one at the moment. Maybe there was
    DW> a run on the British bit and the bit banks are a wee
    DW> short?

    DW> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/

    DW> -- David Winsemius

    DW> On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:45 AM, Emma Stone wrote:

    >> http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/Matrix_0.999375-21.zip'

    >> cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'

"Further" (well, maybe the reason for the whole thread):  
Matrix has recently been upgraded, so the above URL indeed
should no longer exist, but rather the one where you replace
"-21" by 
"-22" 

Regards,
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich