Suddenly, RStudio gives me this error when I enter a string in the help search field:
starting httpd help server ...Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : unable to create socket
I get the same error when I enter the following on the console:
> ?grep
I updated the current version of RStudio and ran the current version of R. I tried the same command in R itself, and there were no problems.
Perhaps by accident, when I try to get RStudio to update packages, I get this message:
Warning: unable to access index for repository http:
Warning: unable to access index for repository http:
Here is what RStudio offers in the diagnostic report file:
July 19, 2014 17:13:51 [rsession-John Smith] ERROR r 4 error (R code execution error) [errormsg = Error in the tools :: startDynamicHelp (): cannot create socket |||]; OCCURRED AT: core :: Error r :: exec :: evaluate ExpressionsUnsafe (SEXPREC *, SEXPREC *, SEXPREC **, r :: sexp :: Protect *) C: \ Users \ Administrator \ rstudio \ src \ cpp \ r \ RExec .cpp: 145; LANGUAGE FROM: core :: Session error :: modules :: help :: initialize () C: \ Users \ Administrator \ rstudio \ src \ cpp \ session \ modules \ SessionHelp.cpp: 894
I have UNINSTALLED R and RStudio and then re-installed and the problem persists. Now when I start RStudio, I get:
Error in tools::startDynamicHelp() : unable to create socket
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