[R] Cannot install contributed package MTS

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 21/07/2015 1:46 PM, AGUSTIN ALONSO RODRIGUEZ wrote:
> Dear Sirs:
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> I have attempted to install the contributed package MTS, but without
> success.
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> I am using R.3.2.1, on Windows 8.1, after selecting Espa�ol as the
> instalation language, on a Lenovo PC, 64 bits.
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> If I use the instruction:  install.packages(�MTS�)
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> i get:
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>> install.packages("MTS")
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> Installing package into �C:/Users/Usuario/Documents/R/win-library/3.2�
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> (as �lib� is unspecified)
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> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib

The issue is that CRAN now prefers you to use https access, but your
system is having problems with that.  Since you are on a recent version
of Windows, the problem should go away if you use

setInternet2(TRUE)

This will be the default in R 3.2.2 (and is the default already in
R-patched).

Duncan Murdoch
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> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2
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> Warning message:
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> package �MTS� is not available (for R version 3.2.1) 
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> If I use the men� bar: Packages, install packages, after selecting a CRAN
> mirror, I get  a window with the packages:
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> GLMMGibbs
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> RDCOMClient
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> Rsterm
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> Survnnet
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> yags
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> As I do not select any of the above, I get 
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>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
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> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
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> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib
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> Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type =
> type) : 
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>   no packages were specified
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> I have been using R for more than fifteen years. I never had a problem
> installing packages, and I am so confused that  do not know what to do.
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> Would you, please, help me?
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> Thanking you for your attention, I am sincerely yours
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> Agustin Alonso
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