[R] unable to access index for repository...

Jeff Newmiller jdnewm|| @end|ng |rom dcn@d@v|@@c@@u@
Thu Oct 8 19:37:42 CEST 2020 

All support on this list is voluntary, and support for old versions of R is not even necessarily on-topic here which is why you keep getting nudged to upgrade. Your "need" for support for an old version is definitely not "our" problem, so I suggest you start looking for a consultant if this issue is that important to you. Such is the nature of volunteer-developed open source software... so support your local experts.

On October 8, 2020 10:22:54 AM PDT, Steven Yen <styen using ntu.edu.tw> wrote:
>Thanks for the help. I have a reason to continue with R-3.0.3. I used 
>maxLik to estimate econometric models and some of them are better 
>handled with R-3.0.3 (but not later)----a sad reality I do not like.
>
>Here is what I did. I downloaded
>
>https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip
>
>and installed the zip file, which worked in both RStudio and R (without
>
>RStudio).
>
>In RStudio, I go Tools -> Install packages -> Install from -> (Choose 
>zip) -> (Browse to the zip file)
>
>IN R, I go Packages -> Install packages from local file(s) -> (Browse
>to 
>the zip file)...
>
>Below is the command line generated and the prompt.
>
>> install.packages("C:/Users/USER/Downloads/aod_1.3.zip", repos = NULL,
>
>type = "win.binary")
>package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
>I will always be able to download the proper .zip file from CRAC 
>Archive, right. So, this will always work for me? Thank you all !! If 
>there are more direct options that work, I would still be interested to
>
>know.
>
>Steven Yen
>
>On 2020/10/9 上午 12:49, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> Don't choose a mirror.  That will override the repos choice.
>>
>> Do update R to a current version if you aren't able to debug this 
>> yourself.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>> On 08/10/2020 12:38 p.m., Steven Yen wrote:
>>> Sorry Gentlemen and all. Now this is becoming a joke (to me). I
>repeated
>>> what I did earlier, with and without the option to set repos
>suggested
>>> by Duncan. Now it does not work. I wonder whether it is dependent on
>the
>>> mirror I chose, but I do not remember the one I chose earlier when
>it 
>>> work.
>>>
>>> I need your help, gentlemen, as I need to use R-3.0.3 for my task.
>>>
>>>   > options(repos="https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>>>   > chooseCRANmirror()
>>>   > install.packages("aod")
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>
>>>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a
>binary
>>>
>>> Warning message:
>>> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>>   >
>install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>> Warning message:
>>> package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>>
>>> On 2020/10/9 上午 12:02, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>> Okay, so it's not an RStudio issue. However, I'd guess setting
>>>>
>>>>    options(repos = "https://cran-archive.r-project.org")
>>>>
>>>> at the start of your session could make everything work.  (I'm
>>>> guessing you currently have it set to "http://cran.rstudio.com",
>which
>>>> is the source of the last warning below, probably due to an R bug.
>>>> But since you're using an obsolete version of R, it shouldn't
>surprise
>>>> you that it has bugs that nobody else is seeing.)
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>> On 08/10/2020 11:54 a.m., Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>> Thanks. You gentlemen please tell me what this means. In R
>(outside
>>>>> of RStudio) I ran:
>>>>>
>>>>> install.packages("aod")
>>>>>
>>>>> Received a warning (and installation did not seem to go through).
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I tried
>>>>>
>>>>> install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>>
>>>>> Received a warning but it went on to try
>>>>>
>>>>>
>https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip
>>>>>
>>>>> and it worked. See log below.
>>>>>
>>>>> I expect to continue to use R-3.0.3 for a while and I very much
>like
>>>>> this to become a routine. Thank you all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steven Yen
>>>>>
>>>>>   > install.packages("aod")
>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>
>>>>>      package ‘aod’ is available as a source package but not as a 
>>>>> binary
>>>>>
>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>     package ‘aod’ is not available (for R version 3.0.3)
>>>>>   >
>install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>     unable to access index for repository
>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>> trying URL
>>>>>
>'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip'
>
>>>>>
>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>>>
>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>>>> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpY7t6Ll\downloaded_packages
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2020/10/8 下午 10:52, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>>>> Just remembered:  RStudio runs its own wrapper around
>>>>>> install.packages().  Steven, you should try doing the install
>from
>>>>>> outside of RStudio, and see if it makes a difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/10/2020 9:59 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>>>>> He didn't specify the RStudio repos, though it's probably
>implicitly
>>>>>>> specified in getOption("repos").  I wonder why
>install.packages() is
>>>>>>> looking there, when repos is given explicitly?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08/10/2020 8:54 a.m., Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>> Drop the RStudio repos.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 11:10, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Thanks. I did as suggested but still received a warning,
>though 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> installation went through. Anything I could do to install
>without
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> warning message.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is the contrib.url argument?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>>
>install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org')
>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>>>>>>>>       unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>>> trying URL
>>>>>>>>>
>'https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/aod_1.3.zip'
>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 225712 bytes (220 Kb)
>>>>>>>>> opened URL
>>>>>>>>> downloaded 220 Kb
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> package ‘aod’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>>>>>>>>
>C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp46p9a3\downloaded_packages
>>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:58, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Then you'd rather need
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org') 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> or use the contrib.url argument.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 10:47, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the help. I do update to the latest R-4.0.2. As I
>
>>>>>>>>>>> said,
>>>>>>>>>>> for reasons that's hard to explain, some of my tasks are
>better
>>>>>>>>>>> handled with an older version of R, in this case R-3.0.3.
>>>>>>>>>>> Please just
>>>>>>>>>>> help me install packages successfully with this older
>version
>>>>>>>>>>> of R.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I ran the following line but obviously was not getting it 
>>>>>>>>>>> across.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>install.packages("aod",repos='https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/')
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in
>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning in
>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>
>https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available
>>>>>>>>>>> (for R
>>>>>>>>>>> version 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2020/10/5 下午 04:12, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> From
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ../ReadMe
>>>>>>>>>>>> in the mentioned web resource:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Packages for R >= 1.7.0 and R < 3.2.0 are available from
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://cran-archive.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We do not hold binaries of several year old versions of R
>on
>>>>>>>>>>>> CRAN.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that R 3.0.0 is 7 years old. You shoudl realy consider
>to
>>>>>>>>>>>> update to 4.0.2.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.10.2020 09:56, Steven Yen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had to install/use an older version of (R-3.0.3) for a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reason. While
>>>>>>>>>>>>> installing a package from CRAN (either in RStudio or R), I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> received
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> following warning message saying unable to access index
>for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0. See
>message
>>>>>>>>>>>>> below. In
>>>>>>>>>>>>> this case, I tried to install "aod". The install
>nevertheless
>>>>>>>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>>>>>>>> through, as confirmed by the library statement (I did not
>try
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to use
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it). Any idea? Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 Warning:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> unable to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> access index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("aod") Warning in install.packages :
>unable
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to access
>>>>>>>>>>>>> index for repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : unable to access index for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0 package 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘aod’ is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> available as a source package but not as a binary Warning
>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages : package ‘aod’ is not available (for R 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.0.3)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>      > library(aod)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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