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 <st...@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]] >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> R-help@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@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@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@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. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.