GUI package installer has bug since install.packages works

A few days ago I sent an email in which I said I could not install  
or update binary packages using the R.app GUI. While this remains  
true, I can install packages in R.app using the command  
"install.packages ("my_package_name")".

So there seems to be a bug in the latest version of R.app for the  
package installer GUI.

Since you seem to be the only one having this problem (I cannot  
reproduce it, either), I would be inclined to think that this is  
rather a problem either with the mirror you use or your system. Try  
changing the mirror first.

Cheers,
Simon
Using a completely new installation of R does not fix this issue.

I'm using the latest OS X install.

-Dave

I think this came up recently, but I've deleted my email.

I cannot install compiled packages. I get this error using R
Version 1.16 (3198):

trying URL 'http://www.biometrics.mtu.edu/CRAN/bin/macosx/powerpc/
contrib/2.3/qtl_1.03-14.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 864112 bytes
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 843Kb

Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
	argument is missing, with no default
tar: ~/Library/R/library/file4431b782: Cannot chdir: No such file
or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

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GUI package installer has bug since install.packages works

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