I teach quantitative genetics and biometrics at the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Federal University of Agricultural Makurdi, Benue-Nigeria. I used to believe I could never be completely stumped on an issue. I was dead wrong. I now know what it means to be completely stumped. I mean to be way deep in above your head.
I have been learning how to use R studio for analysis. Having learnt the basics, it got to downloading packages so I could have a proper hands on by doing some statistical analysis. I have not been able to download any package no matter how and what I have tried. My wont just connect to the repository.
Below is the warning messages I keep getting;
Based on suggestions, these are the things I have tried
-I changed mirrors. Since I am Nigeria, I tried the one in South Africa and the Algeria with out success. I then read online that one can choose any CRAN mirror any where around the would and it wont matter. So I tried USA, Canada, France, UK. It did not change the outcome.
-I went to Tools >Global options >Packages >unchecked the box for "Use secure download method for HTTP" . It still did not change the outcome.
I'd love to hear from us on how to solve this issue and get cracking with my analysis.
Thank you
substituting your package name for readODS and, perhaps, changing the repository.
Alternatively try bypassing RStudio and try a download using the R Gui or opening a terminal and loading R there. This won't solve the RStudio problem but may get the packages.
A final suggestion is investing in a high quality crash helmet to reduce injuries as you pound your head against the wall or on the desk. R is fantastic but it can be a bit frustrating at times.
Disregacd that first suggetion as I suddenly went "Duh, they have already done that!"
If you open a normal browser window and enter the URL http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES
what happens? If you get an error, you may have a permission problem getting from your network to the repositories.
Thank you for this suggestion. So I tried it as you suggested and there was no block at all. i accessed the repository. so it seems its something else.