unable to install R-package from github

Question

I'm trying to install a flowIncubator package from github (link to the package: https://github.com/RGLab/flowIncubator). I'm using R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21). I've tried this code: devtools::install_github("RGLab/flowIncubator") & get this error:

  Error in curl::curl_fetch_disk(url, x$path, handle = handle) : 
      Timeout was reached
    > traceback()
    12: .Call(R_curl_fetch_disk, url, handle, path, "wb", nonblocking)
    11: curl::curl_fetch_disk(url, x$path, handle = handle)
    10: request_fetch.write_disk(req$output, req$url, handle)
    9: request_fetch(req$output, req$url, handle)
    8: request_perform(req, hu$handle$handle)
    7: httr::GET(url, path = path, httr::write_disk(path = tmp))
    6: remote_package_name.github_remote(remote)
    5: remote_package_name(remote)
    4: FUN(X[[i]], ...)
    3: vapply(remotes, install_remote, ..., FUN.VALUE = logical(1))
    2: install_remotes(remotes, quiet = quiet, ...)
    1: devtools::install_github("RGLab/flowIncubator")

I've tried to update both packages devtools & curl, I've tried to update R to an older version, I've tried to download the .zip file and install it through R studio & then load the package from the library. I've also tried directly putting the package file into the library. I've used functions install.packages(), but wasn't able install it.

Answer 1

I've found the problem. It seems that my DNS server is extremely slow and that is making the timeout problem.

Switching to an alternative DNS server like Google solved the issue.