Uwe Ligges <ligges <at> statistik.tu-dortmund.de> writes: > or just say > > install.packages("XML") > > as that CRAN extras repository is already a default under Windows. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges >
Thanks, Uwe. I had tried that, with no success. It turned out that starting R with the "--internet2" option (chosen when installing R) was not working for me to allow access. I hadn't realised this because installing packages from my national CRAN mirror did work, probably because the University that hosts it is on my organisation's list of allowed sites. When I started R with my explicit proxy server address, username and password, "install.packages ("XML")" did indeed work. Does this imply something about the usefulness of the "--internet2" option? Michael ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.