On Jun 3, 2012, at 9:18 PM, C W wrote: > Thanks for your words, Simon. > > The beach ball kept on spinning around and around. I get no response from R. > Not sure if it's slow or freezing. I think it's extremely slow. >
Did you try simply using install.packages(...) in command-line R? That will give you progress and thus show where it's taking so long ... Cheers, S > The connection is very fast, it's usually less than 30 sec to install most > packages on my Windows laptop. > > Same internet connection. > > Mike > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> > wrote: > On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:48 PM, C W wrote: > > > Thanks for your answer, Simon. > > > > I usually use PA(1) or PA(2) since I am located near NYC. I've also tried > > CA(1). Same result. Does distance matter that much if I used CA or PA, > > though I've always used PA, the CMU mirror, I think. > > > > The distance doesn't matter at all - it's more a matter of how good > connection does the server have, how heavy is the load etc. Essentially > anywhere in the US is just fine. > > If you have problems with any mirror then the issue may be with your local > machine or its internet connection... > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:30 PM, C W wrote: > > > > > Dear list, > > > > > > I am using OS X Lion, I experience very slow package installation. > > > > > > For instance, it would take me 5 minutes to get connect and finish install > > > ggplot2(). And then, I another 3 min to install its depedencies. I don't > > > remember taking this long nor doing this much work on Windows. > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone else experience this problem. > > > > Not really, it's typically a matter of seconds. Try using a different > > mirror. > > > > Cheers, > > Simon > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > >> sessionInfo() > > > > > > R version 2.14.2 (2012-02-29) > > > > > > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) > > > > > > > > > locale: > > > > > > [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 > > > > > > > > > attached base packages: > > > > > > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > > > > > > > > other attached packages: > > > > > > [1] ggplot2_0.9.1 > > > > > > > > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > > > > > [1] colorspace_1.1-1 dichromat_1.2-4 digest_0.5.2 > > > > > > [4] grid_2.14.2 MASS_7.3-18 memoise_0.1 > > > > > > [7] munsell_0.3 plyr_1.7.1 proto_0.3-9.2 > > > > > > [10] RColorBrewer_1.0-5 reshape2_1.2.1 scales_0.2.1 > > > > > > [13] stringr_0.6 tools_2.14.2 > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
