"Dr. Stephan Martin Rudolfer" wrote:
When using update.packages(), either directly or using the packages option at the top of the screen, I get the following messages.
update.packages()
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain' length 5164 bytes opened URL downloaded 5164 bytes
However, the first time I successfully managed to use update.packages(), it gave me the whole list of packages installed on R, with the options of downloading each one or not. What has changed, and how can I get back to the previous results? Many thanks in advance for any help given.
That happens, if no packages are outdated. Do you think, there are any updated packages on CRAN (since you run update.packages() the last time)? Uwe Ligges
Many thanks for your comments. I've no idea whether there are any updated packages on CRAN (since I ran update.packages() the last time); what I do know is that the only package which I did update was "foreign", leaving the other ones un-updated. That is why I was rather surprised not to be given any other packages to update.
If old.packages() results in NULL, there shouldn't be any outdated packages on your system. You can verify it with installed.packages()[,c(1,3)] which shows installed packages and version numbers and CRAN.packages()[,c(1,2)] which shows CRAN packages and version numbers Uwe Ligges -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._