[R] unable to access index for repository...

Steven Yen @tyen @end|ng |rom ntu@edu@tw
Thu Oct 8 19:22:54 CEST 2020 

Thanks for the help. I have a reason to continue with R-3.0.3. I used 
maxLik to estimate econometric models and some of them are better 
handled with R-3.0.3 (but not later)----a sad reality I do not like.

Here is what I did. I downloaded

https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip

and installed the zip file, which worked in both RStudio and R (without 
RStudio).

In RStudio, I go Tools -> Install packages -> Install from -> (Choose 
zip) -> (Browse to the zip file)

IN R, I go Packages -> Install packages from local file(s) -> (Browse to 
the zip file)...

Below is the command line generated and the prompt.

 > install.packages("C:/Users/USER/Downloads/aod_1.3.zip", repos = NULL, 
type = "win.binary")
package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

I will always be able to download the proper .zip file from CRAC 
Archive, right. So, this will always work for me? Thank you all !! If 
there are more direct options that work, I would still be interested to 
know.

Steven Yen

On 2020/10/9 上午 12:49, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> Don't choose a mirror.  That will override the repos choice.
>
> Do update R to a current version if you aren't able to debug this 
> yourself.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
> On 08/10/2020 12:38 p.m., Steven Yen wrote:
>> Sorry Gentlemen and all. Now this is becoming a joke (to me). I repeated
>> what I did earlier, with and without the option to set repos suggested
>> by Duncan. Now it does not work. I wonder whether it is dependent on the
>> mirror I chose, but I do not remember the one I chose earlier when it 
>> work.
>>
>> I need your help, gentlemen, as I need to use R-3.0.3 for my task.
>>
>>   > options(repos="https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>>   > chooseCRANmirror()
>>   > install.packages("aod")
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>
>>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a binary
>>
>> Warning message:
>> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>   > install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>> Warning message:
>> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>
>> On 2020/10/9 上午 12:02, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>> Okay, so it's not an RStudio issue. However, I'd guess setting
>>>
>>>    options(repos = "https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>>>
>>> at the start of your session could make everything work.  (I'm
>>> guessing you currently have it set to "http://cran.rstudio.com", which
>>> is the source of the last warning below, probably due to an R bug.
>>> But since you're using an obsolete version of R, it shouldn't surprise
>>> you that it has bugs that nobody else is seeing.)
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>> On 08/10/2020 11:54 a.m., Steven Yen wrote:
>>>> Thanks. You gentlemen please tell me what this means. In R (outside
>>>> of RStudio) I ran:
>>>>
>>>> install.packages("aod")
>>>>
>>>> Received a warning (and installation did not seem to go through).
>>>>
>>>> Then I tried
>>>>
>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>
>>>> Received a warning but it went on to try
>>>>
>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip
>>>>
>>>> and it worked. See log below.
>>>>
>>>> I expect to continue to use R-3.0.3 for a while and I very much like
>>>> this to become a routine. Thank you all.
>>>>
>>>> Steven Yen
>>>>
>>>>   > install.packages("aod")
>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>
>>>>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a 
>>>> binary
>>>>
>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>     package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>>>   > install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>> trying URL
>>>> 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip' 
>>>>
>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>>> opened URL
>>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>>
>>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>>
>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpY7t6Ll\downloaded_packages
>>>>
>>>> On 2020/10/8 下午 10:52, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>>> Just remembered:  RStudio runs its own wrapper around
>>>>> install.packages().  Steven, you should try doing the install from
>>>>> outside of RStudio, and see if it makes a difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/10/2020 9:59 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>>>> He didn't specify the RStudio repos, though it's probably implicitly
>>>>>> specified in getOption("repos").  I wonder why install.packages() is
>>>>>> looking there, when repos is given explicitly?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/10/2020 8:54 a.m., Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>> Drop the RStudio repos.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 11:10, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks. I did as suggested but still received a warning, though 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> installation went through. Anything I could do to install without
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> warning message.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is the contrib.url argument?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>>>>       unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>> trying URL
>>>>>>>> 'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip' 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>>>>>>> opened URL
>>>>>>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>>>>>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp46p9a3\downloaded_packages
>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:58, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Then you'd rather need
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> or use the contrib.url argument.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 10:47, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the help. I do update to the latest R-4.0.2. As I 
>>>>>>>>>> said,
>>>>>>>>>> for reasons that's hard to explain, some of my tasks are better
>>>>>>>>>> handled with an older version of R, in this case R-3.0.3.
>>>>>>>>>> Please just
>>>>>>>>>> help me install packages successfully with this older version
>>>>>>>>>> of R.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I ran the following line but obviously was not getting it 
>>>>>>>>>> across.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/') 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in
>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning in
>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available
>>>>>>>>>> (for R
>>>>>>>>>> version 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:12, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> From
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ../ReadMe
>>>>>>>>>>> in the mentioned web resource:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Packages for R >= 1.7.0 and R < 3.2.0 are available from
>>>>>>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We do not hold binaries of several year old versions of R on
>>>>>>>>>>> CRAN.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Note that R 3.0.0 is 7 years old. You shoudl realy consider to
>>>>>>>>>>> update to 4.0.2.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 09:56, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I had to install/use an older version of (R-3.0.3) for a
>>>>>>>>>>>> reason. While
>>>>>>>>>>>> installing a package from CRAN (either in RStudio or R), I
>>>>>>>>>>>> received
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> following warning message saying unable to access index for
>>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0. See message
>>>>>>>>>>>> below. In
>>>>>>>>>>>> this case, I tried to install "aod". The install nevertheless
>>>>>>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>>>>>>> through, as confirmed by the library statement (I did not try
>>>>>>>>>>>> to use
>>>>>>>>>>>> it). Any idea? Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning:
>>>>>>>>>>>> unable to
>>>>>>>>>>>> access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >
>>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod") Warning in install.packages : unable
>>>>>>>>>>>> to access
>>>>>>>>>>>> index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for
>>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 package 
>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘aod’ is
>>>>>>>>>>>> available as a source package but not as a binary Warning in
>>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R 
>>>>>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>>>>      > library(aod)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
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