(moving to the proper mailing list: R-SIG-Mac - this is not a bug so far!)
James, this look like your internet access is stalling R -- it's not really R freezing but your internet. Try using a different mirror and/or check your internet connection. Cheers, Simon On Oct 13, 2009, at 10:45 , ja...@howison.name wrote: > Full_Name: James Howison > Version: 2.9.2 > OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 > Submission from: (NULL) (128.2.222.163) > > > For quite a while now I have been unable to use Package Manager to > install > programs. I get the spinning wheel and long lock ups. This happens > when I hit, > "get list", but that eventually returns, seemingly successfully. > However it > also happens when I try to install a package, the whole application > locks up. I > don't see anything in a log file; I took a sample using Activity > Manager and the > report after a force quit (which I didn't "send to apple") > > I'm able to build packages fine using install.packages and CMD INSTALL > > This behavior continued with a fresh R install (Oct 13, 2009) ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
