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

Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov
Tue May 5 21:34:39 CEST 2015


Thanks,

I will do that.


Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD
Research and Data Analysis Division
Services & Enterprise Support Administration
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:31 PM
> To: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA); r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] update.packages() ask for mirror several times
> 
> 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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