I guess your OS is windows. In that case, you need to download the R binaries for windows (e.g. http://ftp.ctex.org/mirrors/CRAN/bin/windows/) rather than the source tar ball.
Regards, Ronggui On 5 March 2011 19:56, Nasir Afsar <naf...@alfaisal.edu> wrote: > Dear R-project team, > I have tried but could not install the R statistical package > (http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/ ) even after the help of my institute's IT > personnel. The setup file could not be downloaded. The latest file > R-2.12.2.tar.gz<http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/src/base/R-2/R-2.12.2.tar.gz> > does not start installation wizard. Kindly extend the technical support. > > Best regards. > > Dr. Nasir Ali Afsar  MBBS, M.Phil. > Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, > College of Medicine, > Alfaisal University, > Al-Takhassusi Road, > P.O. Box 50927, > Riyadh-11533, Saudi Arabia. > Tel: +966-1-2157679. > naf...@alfaisal.edu<mailto:naf...@alfaisal.edu> > drnasi...@yahoo.com<mailto:drnasi...@yahoo.com> > www.alfaisal.edu<http://www.alfaisal.edu/> > > > > ________________________________ > DISCLAIMER: This electronic mail transmission contains c...{{dropped:16}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Wincent Ronggui HUANG Sociology Department of Fudan University PhD of City University of Hong Kong http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html ______________________________________________ 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.
