[R] Not able to install RODBC package

[Marc Schwartz]

On Jun 28, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Vivek Singh <vivek4 at mail.usf.edu> wrote:
> 
>> install.packages('RODBC')
> Installing package into ‘/home/vivek/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0’
> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib
> Warning message:
> package ‘RODBC’ is not available (for R version 3.0.2)
> 
> Please suggest any way to either install the package or use another package
> to connect MySQL database from R.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vivek Kumar Singh


Hi,

Typically that error is an indication of a problem accessing and reading files on the CRAN mirror, possibly due to a proxy/firewall issue on your end and/or perhaps that your R installation does not support HTTPS (secure http). If the former, you may need to check with your SysAdmin.

You might try to select a different CRAN mirror, including one that is not secure http (regular http:// URL) to see if that works.

Also, note that the version of R that you are running (3.0.2) is from Sep of 2013, so quite dated. The current version is 3.3.1, which was just released this month.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz