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Unable to Install Packages from Binaries on Windows for R 3.2.3

Removing 'type=binary' worked for me.

install.packages(
   'httr',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
)

But I get an error when I select binary as type
---
 install.packages(
     'httr',
     type = 'binary',
     repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
 )
Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this platform.
---

Same error for another package
---
install.packages(
    'lme4',
    type = 'binary',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/")

Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this platform
---

 Platform session info below:

sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS




Regards,

Steve Bronder
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Phone: 412-719-1282
Email: sbronder at stevebronder.com
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:33 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote: