Hello, I have just installed v 2.6.2 on a new computer running Windows XP and tried to perform 'update packages' via the menu option on the R console.
Any advice on the following problem is much appreciated. Bob Below are the warning and error messages received. A search of the hard drive does not reveal any file including "RtmpgMMu03/libloc" . > update.packages(ask='graphics') --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.au.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6 Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.6 Error in gzfile(file, mode) : unable to open connection In addition: Warning message: In gzfile(file, mode) : cannot open compressed file 'C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpgMMu03/libloc_C%3a%2fPROGRA%7e1%2fR%2fR-26%7e1.2%2flibraryVersion,Priority,Bundle,Contains,Depends,Imports,Suggests,Built.rds', probable reason 'No such file or directory' > local({pkg <- select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE))) + if(nchar(pkg)) library(pkg, character.only=TRUE)}) > local({pkg <- select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE))) + if(nchar(pkg)) library(pkg, character.only=TRUE)}) Loading required package: filehash Error: package 'filehash' could not be loaded In addition: Warning message: In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc) : there is no package called 'filehash' ______________________________________________ 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.