Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : internet routines cannot be loaded

Description of issue - Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : internet routines cannot be loaded

I changed the CRAN mirror site, tried around 10 different options. I uninstalled and installed again R, Rstudio and RTools. I unchecked the use secure download method for HTTP, restarted my laptop, none of them worked so far. Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : internet routines cannot be loaded

install.packages ("dslabs")
Warning in install.packages :
unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/src/contrib:
internet routines cannot be loaded
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/ngxhpe3/Documents/R/win-library/4.0’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/src/contrib:
internet routines cannot be loaded
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘dslabs’ is not available (for R version 4.0.2)
Warning in install.packages :
unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/windows/contrib/4.0:
internet routines cannot be loaded

System Information: Windows

  • RStudio Edition: (Desktop or Server): Desktop
  • RStudio Version: Version 1.3.1073
  • OS Version:
  • R Version: R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) -- "Taking Off Again"
  • sessionInfo():
    R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) -- "Taking Off Again"
    Copyright (C) 2020 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
    Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

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Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : internet routines cannot be loaded


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