Issue while installing Packages in R

Question

I am facing the below Issue while installing the packages in Rstudio

Warning: unable to access index for repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib : cannot open URL ' https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES '

Answer 1

So the problem is with the URL. Note that if you check the PACKAGES URL that it's failing to access, This problem is often the result of proxies, firewalls, or other traffic filtering software blocking R from accessing remote URL

Try disabling your firewall/anti-virus

Giving R studio access to the firewall etc.

Answer 2

Have a look at the link below. Multiple, possible solutions are provided to the above described problem.

https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/206827897