installation of R-inla package

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Mtani Njegere

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Dec 20, 2020, 3:36:07 AM12/20/20
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Hi everyone.
I want to install inla package and I am using R version 4.0.3. I'm using this path "install.packages("INLA",repos=c(getOption("repos"),INLA="https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable"), dep=TRUE)"
However, I keep getting the following error message:

Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : 
Warning in install.packages :
  download of package ‘rgdal’ failed
installing the source package ‘INLA’

Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 335248166 bytes (319.7 MB)
===
downloaded 21.3 MB

Warning in install.packages :
  downloaded length 22312487 != reported length 335248166
Warning in install.packages :
Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : 
Warning in install.packages :
  download of package ‘INLA’ failed.

Anyone who can help me to solve this, please

INLA help

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Dec 20, 2020, 4:00:14 AM12/20/20
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Install the testing version instead

If other required packages have issues, install them manually first. 

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Mtani Njegere

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Dec 20, 2020, 4:16:52 AM12/20/20
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Thanks for a quick response. I have tried even the testing version several times and I am succumbing the same error. In addition I am using Mac. Your assistance is highly appreciated.

Finn Lindgren

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Dec 20, 2020, 5:26:18 AM12/20/20
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Hi Mtani,

The error you get is for the rgdal package, not INLA.
I can see the rgdal_1.5-18.tgz on the directory of the CRAN mirror you’re using, so can’t really tell what the problem is.
Try
install.package(“rgdal”)
to perhaps get some more insight.

Finn

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Thanks for a quick response. I have tried even the testing version several times and I am succumbing the same error. In addition I am using Mac. Your assistance is highly appreciated.

Mtani Njegere

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Dec 20, 2020, 7:51:33 AM12/20/20
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Thanks Finn. 
It is very unfortunate and this is what I noted earlier before. Even installation of rgdal fails and I am stack for weeks now. I thought someone may be aware why the rgdal installation fails. 
I am still looking forward to getting assistance from anyone.

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Helpdesk

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Dec 20, 2020, 7:52:48 AM12/20/20
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are you running an (to) old version of MacOS ?
> > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/r-inla-discussion-group/f37976cb-91d9-4bf5-8771-f7abc01c81e3n%40googlegroups.com
> > > .

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Mtani Njegere

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Dec 20, 2020, 7:56:35 AM12/20/20
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I am running MacOs Catalina version 10.15.7

Helpdesk

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Dec 20, 2020, 8:00:44 AM12/20/20
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works well for me from the terminal. can you try that? run these two commands

 R --vanilla CMD INSTALL ./rgdal_1.5-18.tgz

Mtani Njegere

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Dec 21, 2020, 5:07:18 AM12/21/20
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Hi Finn,
May I come back and ask a quick one. When I run the first command, it looks like the rgdal downloads and needs to be manually installed, is it right?
Secondly, R--vannila CMD INSTALL./rgdal_1.5-18.tgz, do I run this in R software?

Finn Lindgren

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Dec 21, 2020, 5:27:56 AM12/21/20
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Hi,
That was Håvard posting the installation commands, but yes, the first one downloads the file, and the second installs it, both run in a system terminal.
(Mind the spelling details of the command)

Finn

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