Failed to install zoo package (R)

Question

I am trying to download a zoo time series package using:

install.packages("zoo") 

but I get the following message:

 --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.12 Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.12 Warning messages: 1: In open.connection(con, "r") : unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80. 2: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : package 'zoo' is not available 

I tried several different mirrors and I keep getting the same error ... Is the zoo just not available in most mirrors or is something wrong?

Answer 1

See FAQ 2.19 . Or, conversely, a quick search “it is impossible to connect to“ cran.r-project.org ”on port 80” on rseek.org .

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