[R] update.packages() ask for mirror several times

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 05/05/2015 12:13 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) wrote:
> I recently installed an R-3.2.0 binary for Win7 64-bit from a CRAN table.  Now when using the menu to update packages, it asks me to select a mirror several times before proceeding to successfully download and install the updated packages.  It is only a minor annoyance, was wondering if anyone else had experienced this, and if so, is there a solution

You could try R-patched.  This was fixed this week.

Duncan Murdoch

> Here is  my session info
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1
> 
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 
> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252   
> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C                          
> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252    
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] tools_3.2.0
>>
> 
> And here is the console dialogue after clicking on update packages
> 
>> update.packages(ask='graphics',checkBuilt=TRUE)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> also installing the dependency ‘stringi’
> 
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/stringi_0.4-1.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 13432789 bytes (12.8 MB)
> downloaded 12.8 MB
> 
> followed by the rest of the packages which need updating.
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD
> Research and Data Analysis Division
> Services & Enterprise Support Administration
> Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
> 
> 
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