On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 01:27 Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengts...@gmail.com> wrote
> Is R centrally installed? It usually (but not always...) is installed through a central install process, but installations will not be kept synchronized. (I.e., we end up having independent installations, many different versions, many different collections of packages (and versions thereof).) > If so, environment variables 'HTTP_PROXY', 'HTTPS_PROXY', and > 'HTTPS_PROXY_USER' could > be set for all users by setting them in the R_HOME/etc/Renviron.site file. Yes, this can be delivered centrally. The problem arises if and when the variables for the proxy must be adapted (e.g., proxy URL changes). I am toying with the idea to source, from the Rprofile.site, a central configuration file (specified as a UNC path). Then, if the values of the environment variables need to be changed, this is done once for all, and roll-out to users will be immediate. [...] > At least this avoid having to configure them in MS Windows settings, which is > tedious to document and explain. I fully agree! Thank you for your advice, Henrik! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
