[R] Failure to install any packages: "malformed"

[Ivan Krylov]

Dear Leila,

В Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:49:47 +1100
Leila Davis <leila.davis01 using gmail.com> пишет:

> I cannot download any packages, as this same error is presented every
> single time. 

Thank you for showing us what you're doing and the error you're getting
in response!

> What should I do?

Could you please also show us the value of getOption("repos")? Best to
copy & paste the text into the message without making a screenshot.

It looks like when install.packages() tries to read the list of packages
in a repository, it gets an HTML page instead. Could if be that your
computer is working behind a firewall that intercepts connections to
CRAN (or your chosen CRAN mirror)?

The output of traceback() right after the error could also be useful.
If you're running RStudio, it might be informative to run
utils::install.packages("here") instead of install.packages("here") to
see if anything is different, but it probably won't be.

-- 
Best regards,
Ivan