In the Install Packages dialog there is an Other Repository option and that seems to be permanent.
It can also be changed in the Preferences. > On 29 Sep. 2016, at 8:13 am, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 28/09/2016 5:26 PM, Joseph Kunkel wrote: >> I got this error message working under R version 3.3.0 trying to use the >> Mac [R.app GUI 1.68 (7238) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0] Packages & Data/ >> Package Installer >> >> R error message: >> Warning: unable to access index for repository >> http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3: cannot open >> URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3/PACKAGES' >> >> I checked for upgrades and installed R version 3.3.1 >> >> I got the same error message once again. >> >> Luckily I remembered that I could install libraries from within R and thus >> used: >> >>> install.packages('RCurl', dependencies=TRUE, >>> repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/') >> >> But I am wondering if the malfunction of the GUI approach is something I can >> fix or is temporary? >> > > That was probably a temporary problem, or a local network problem for you: I > can get the URL to open. > > But in general, to change the default mirror in R.app, run chooseCRANmirror() > in the console. I forget whether that changes it for the session or > permanently. > > Duncan Murdoch > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
