On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 3/30/2007 2:39 PM, Gaurav Ghosh wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just installed R 2.4.1 and tried to install the package 'sp' working down > > from the 'Packages' menu in the R GUI. The package would not install and I > > got the following message: > > > > "trying URL > > 'http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/sp_0.9-10.zip' > > Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb") : > > cannot open URL > > 'http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/sp_0.9-10.zip' > > In addition: Warning message: > > cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > > Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available, > > : > > download of package 'sp' failed" > > > > I tried to find the installation file "sp_0.9-10.zip" through the > > CRAN website, but was unable to do so. So I was wondering if there was > > some other way to get this package I need. Or perhaps there might be some > > problem with the website itself. > > > You didn't say which mirror you were using, but it looks like a problem > there. I just tried from one of the Canadian mirrors and there was no > problem finding the package.
>From HTTP, the mirror mentioned inline http://cran.us.r-project.org/ has problems, is well behind on versions in the project pages, and http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.4/ has no sp package at all. The last check summary is dated 2007-03-16. Please try another mirror; if anyone could find out what is the matter with the mirror, and get it corrected, that would be welcome. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > 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. > -- Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 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.