problem with importing database from spss and excel

[bellas]

Hi, I am using R studio for the first time to learn the program.
I was trying to import file from spss or excel and got this message:

unable to access index for repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib:
cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'

R probably looked for additional package to download and couldn't do it. Why?
Thanks in advance.

[cderv]

This could mean you can't access internet from your R installation.
Do you have a proxy or some firewall restricting internet access ?

What did you try exactly as command to get those errors ?

Thanks.

[bellas]

Finally I found the solution: I changed CRAN packages source from default to other from the list and R succeed to download all needed packages.

[cderv]

Glad you found a solution !

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