[R] problem downloading R

[Abby Spurdle]

This was quite some time ago.
Namely, 2019.

At the time, I was using a mix of old Windows 8 and 9 computers.
The problem happened on Windows 8, but not Windows 9.

Note that I was trying to help the OP.
Beyond that, I'm not concerned about it.


On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:30 PM Uwe Ligges
<ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
> Sounds like you always got corrupted vesions. Either an issue with your
> connection or the mirror. What happens if you try another mirror and
> clear your browser caches?
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
> On 05.03.2021 08:58, Abby Spurdle wrote:
> > Does the following sound familiar?
> >
> > The Windows installer starts installing (or decompressing) R, flashing
> > one file name at a time.
> > And then, part way through, says XXXX file is corrupt, and gives you
> > the choice to ignore.
> > And if you click ignore, then the next file does the same thing.
> > And one quickly realizes, that every subsequent file will have the same message.
> >
> > Then if you re-download the installation file, the same thing happens.
> > Except that the first file flagged as corrupted, is not necessarily
> > the same file.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:55 AM Dick Mathews <dmathews63 using earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am trying to download the Windows version of R. This computer is Win7,
> >> I do have Win10 computers also.
> >>
> >> Tried R4.0.4, got message these files are corrupted.
> >>
> >> Then tried R4.0.3, got same message as above.
> >>
> >> Tried the next, R4.0.2, got same message.
> >>
> >> I checked to see if I was downloading the proper version, seems okay.
> >>
> >> What is the problem? Can anybody help me with this?
> >>
> >> Dick Mathews
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________
> >> R-help using r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> >> 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 using r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > 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.
> >