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How long does it generally take to install caret package in R? I ran install.packages('caret', dependencies = TRUE), and R has been running the install for close to an hour now. Is this normal?

jmuhlenkamp
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bcoakley
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  • No. It does have a lot of dependencies, so maybe if you're using your old 28.8 modem it could take a while... – Gregor Thomas Oct 17 '17 at 16:40
  • An advice: sometimes it's better to download the package and install it ofline. [like here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39410148/timeout-r-package-installation-from-github). – SirSaleh Jan 22 '18 at 22:46

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It shouldn't take that long, I actually had to install the Caret package on one of my machines earlier today and it took less than a minute. Sounds like you might want to check your connection speed.

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With dependencies, it can take a while, mine took about 30mins and my download speed was around 18Mbps max, it had 648 dependencies as of Nov19. With-out dependencies, it is fast, as the answer from the_SJC suggests.

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Using:

install.packages("caret", dependencies = c("Depends", "Suggests"))

the install took about 5 hours for me with 100Mbps internet.

Adding to that, it still didn't install what I needed. This worked:

install.packages("caret", dependencies = TRUE)

it took about 10 minutes.

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