>From an older post by Uwe Ligges:
Anyway: R tried to download the package but got an html page, obviously,
hence either the mirror you are using is corrupted or someone in between
(like some proxy?) delivers html pages rather than packages...
In other words, check your proxy/internet settings, or perhaps try a
different mirror.
Peter
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Peter Wicher <pjwic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks.
>
> Yes, I am using the R.app GUI:
> [R.app GUI 1.66 (6996) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0]
>
>
> At startup,
>
>> getOption("repos")
> CRAN
> "@CRAN@"
>
> Then when attempting again to install RWeka I'm able to select the mirror,
> and after that the result is the same as yours:
>
>> getOption("repos")
> CRAN
> "https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu";
>
> Unfortunately the same error message happens with install.packages, for
> example:
>> install.packages("err")
> Error: Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed!
>
> I've confirmed that Java 8 update 60 is correctly loaded.
>
> Interestingly I've loaded R on my Windows machine and this error message
> doesn't happen, the packages load properly.
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:17 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Peter Wicher <pjwic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I’m starting to work my way through “Machine Learning With R” by Brett
>> Lantz.
>> >
>> > Running on Mac OS X 10.10.4
>> >
>> > I’ve downloaded and installed R and the R Console comes up fine.
>> >
>> > Whenever I use the install.packages command, regardless of the package I
>> get the same error message:
>> >
>> >> install.packages ("RWeka")
>> > Error: Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed!
>> >
>> > Any idea of what is wrong and how to solve it?
>>
>> Not sure. Have never gotten that error message, and I do use OS X 10.10.3
>> as well as having very recently updated to R 3.2.2.
>>
>> Are you using the R.app GUI?
>>
>> If so … What do you see when you look at Preference/Startup for the
>> default CRAN repository?
>>
>> If not … What do you see when you run:
>>
>> getOption("repos”)
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> CRAN
>> "http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu";
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Peter Wicher
>> > pjwic...@gmail.com
>> >
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