Thanks. I'm no longer seeing the error using the utk mirror. - Mick
On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM Duncan Murdoch <[email protected]> wrote: > This was a problem on the CRAN macOS site. Once Simon was informed > about it, he fixed it. I tested e1071 and it's fine for me, but he said > some mirrors may take a while to catch up, so if you still see the > error, try the https://mac.r-project.org mirror. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > On 2025-12-21 5:11 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > I see the same thing in R 4.5.2 on MacOS Sequoia 15.7.2. The problem > > happens in install.packages() as well, e.g. I get the same error with > > > > install.packages("e1071") > > > > A workaround is to ask for `type="source"`, as long as you're prepared > > to recompile the new package. > > > > I think the issue is that there is no binary available for the latest > > 1.7-17 version. The database says the binary for 1.7-16 is available, > > but in fact it is not. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > On 2025-12-20 2:30 p.m., Michael McQuaid wrote: > >> When I try to update packages, the package manager appears to search for > >> old versions of the packages, despite seemingly knowing about the > existence > >> of newer versions. Here is an example where I try to update the e1071 > >> package and it seems to recognize that the current version is 1.7-17 but > >> then searches for and fails to find 1.7-16. This happens for every > package > >> I try to update, I've just included one here for brevity. I have tried > >> several mirrors including wustl, utk, and iastate. I wonder if there is > >> some file on my system pointing to the old version. I also tried > updating > >> from R 4.5.1 to 4.5.2, but the issue persists. I am on macOS Tahoe 26.2 > on > >> an M1 Macbook Pro. > >> > >> $ Rscript -e 'update.packages(oldPkgs=c("e1071"))' > >> e1071 : > >> Version 1.7-16 installed in > /Users/mm223266/Library/R/arm64/4.5/library > >> Version 1.7-17 available at https://cloud.r-project.org > >> Update? (Yes/no/cancel) > >> trying URL ' > >> > https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/e1071_1.7-16.tgz > >> ' > >> Error in download.file(urls, destfiles, "libcurl", mode = "wb", ...) : > >> cannot open URL ' > >> > https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/e1071_1.7-16.tgz > >> ' > >> In addition: Warning messages: > >> 1: In download.file(urls, destfiles, "libcurl", mode = "wb", ...) : > >> downloaded length 0 != reported length 279 > >> 2: In download.file(urls, destfiles, "libcurl", mode = "wb", ...) : > >> cannot open URL ' > >> > https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/e1071_1.7-16.tgz > ': > >> HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > >> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = > available, : > >> download of package ‘e1071’ failed > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
