Re: [R] r internet connection is very slow

2014-06-11 Thread Aidan Corcoran
Appreciate your thoughts on this Uwe. If I make any progress with it I will post back. On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > > > On 10.06.2014 16:32, Aidan Corcoran wrote: > >> thanks Uwe. I have tried a few mirrors, it makes no difference. >> I don't have lots of packages, as it

Re: [R] r internet connection is very slow

2014-06-10 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 10.06.2014 16:32, Aidan Corcoran wrote: thanks Uwe. I have tried a few mirrors, it makes no difference. I don't have lots of packages, as it's a fresh install. I am installing to the C drive, but as I mentioned it's a virtual desktop. However other programs don't show anything like the kind

Re: [R] r internet connection is very slow

2014-06-10 Thread Aidan Corcoran
thanks Uwe. I have tried a few mirrors, it makes no difference. I don't have lots of packages, as it's a fresh install. I am installing to the C drive, but as I mentioned it's a virtual desktop. However other programs don't show anything like the kind of delay I see in R. Also, just getting the pro

Re: [R] r internet connection is very slow

2014-06-10 Thread Uwe Ligges
Probably you used a slow mirror and did not tell us which one ... or you have lots of packages installed on a very slow drive (such as a network connected location). Best, Uwe Ligges On 10.06.2014 15:52, Aidan Corcoran wrote: Dear all, I have a fresh install of R on a virtual desktop runnin

[R] r internet connection is very slow

2014-06-10 Thread Aidan Corcoran
Dear all, I have a fresh install of R on a virtual desktop running Win 7 64 bit and when I try to install packages it is extremely slow. I typed install.packages("ggplot2",dependencies=TRUE) and it takes about 1 minute for the mirror select box to open. After that I waited about 20 minutes for t