Do you have to use some proxy server at your work? In that case, please read the R for Windows FAQs which tells how to arrange settings.
Uwe Ligges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I installed R 2.5.1 recently on a PC (Windows XP Professional 2001) and tried > to install some R packages. It took several minutes and gave me the following > message. > > > >> utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80. in: > open.connection(file, "r") > > Error in contrib.url(repos, type) : trying to use CRAN without setting a > mirror > > > > I am just wondering whether this problem is caused by restrictions on > internet imposed by my work unit or caused by something else. If the later, > how to solve it? Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > > Jin > > -------------------------------------------- > > Jin Li, PhD > > Spatial Modeller/ > > Computational Statistician > > Marine & Coastal Environment > > Geoscience Australia > > Ph: 61 (02) 6249 9899 > > Fax: 61 (02) 6249 9956 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
