Which mirror do you use? Uwe Ligges
Thomas Steiner wrote: > I cannot access internet through R. > My IT-guys told me that I should set the proxy and the port and then > everything will be fine. Where can I set them? > I use R 2.6.2 under Windows 2000 and these settings are those of the > Internet Explorer (no password). > > I read > http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#The-Internet-download-functions-fail_002e > but staring R by > "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe" --internet2 > a package update still gives me an error: > >> update.packages(ask='graphics') > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Fehler: Indizierung außerhalb der Grenzen > Zusätzlich: Warning messages: > 1: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! > 2: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting ' <head> ...' is malformed! > 3: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '</html> ...' is malformed! > > Do you know what I could try next? > Thanks > Thomas > > ______________________________________________ > 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.