[R] download extremely slow

2012-05-05 Thread Hillary SardiƱas
I have been trying to download the latest version to my Macbook X version 10.6.8 from my institutions mirror http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu Usually is only takes minutes, but regardless of the browser or where I connect to the internet I have been unable to download because it would take upwards 2

Re: [R] download extremely slow

2012-05-05 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
Hmmm, I know it might seem counterintuitive, but try a different mirror -- I seem to remember some complaints about the Berkeley mirror being slow a few weeks back (though I don't have physical evidence thereof so I apologize for any accidental slander to the Berkeley mirrorers) -- perhaps UCLA?

Re: [R] download extremely slow

2012-05-05 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Hillary SardiƱas herongr...@gmail.com wrote: I have been trying to download the latest version to my Macbook X version 10.6.8 from my institutions mirror http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu Usually is only takes minutes, but regardless of the browser or where I connect

Re: [R] download extremely slow

2012-05-05 Thread Joshua Wiley
Does CNR ring any bells as a department at Berkeley?The UCLA mirror is hosted by the statistics department (cran.stat.ucla.edu) so I am guessing your local mirror is hosted by the CNR department, and they are probably the people to inform their system is running very slowly. Maybe the server

Re: [R] download extremely slow

2012-05-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I have been having problems getting recent packages from Berkeley for Windows and Linux, so I have had to change to UCLA anyway. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live...