Error while trying to install R packages -


i tried install package in r typing:

install.packages("prob") 

but got error:

trying url 'http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.1/prob_0.9-5.zip' content type 'application/zip' length 707050 bytes (690 kb) opened url downloaded 690 kb  warning in install.packages :   write error in extracting zip file warning in install.packages :   cannot open compressed file 'gss/description', probable reason 'no such file or directory' error in install.packages : cannot open connection 

how can resolve it? happens packages, not all.

the error suggesting package requires package gss not available. package not in of dependencies perhaps 1 of dependencies requires in turn. prob's description says:

version: 0.9-5 depends: combinat, fasianoptions, hypergeo, vgam

when @ gss description on cran, says:

reverse depends: gsscopu, star reverse imports: fbasics, timeseq

so i'm guessing fasianoptions requires fbasics , fbasics needs gss. if i'm right, should try installing gss first, , install prob.


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