Unable to access repos from R in linux

User775966-Oracle

Hi,

I am trying to install package 'RecordLinkage' in my R that is installed in linux server. But I get following error:

> install.packages("RecordLinkage",repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org/")

Installing package into â/u01/oracle/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/3.1â

(as âlibâ is unspecified)

Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/contrib

Warning message:

package âRecordLinkageâ is not available (for Oracle Distribution of R version 3.1.1)

I had given proxy value in file Renviron and then checked that proxy value is correctly set using the command Sys.getenv("http_proxy").

Version of Linux server I am using is: ''Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8"

Version of R: Oracle Distribution of R version 3.1.1

Please kindly let me know if I need to do any other proxy related setting.

Thanks, Ibrahim

Sherry Lamonica-Oracle

The current version of the RecordLinkage package on CRAN requires R 2.10 or above, so I suspect this is still a proxy/firewall issue.  A quick way to test is to confirm if you able to install other packages.

Sherry

User775966-Oracle

I tried for other packages like stringdist, RSQLite, RODBC etc. I get 'unable to access index for repository' error each time.

Sherry Lamonica-Oracle

This is likely a proxy issue.  I suggest contacting your Systems Administrator for assistance.

Sherry