On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Marwan Khawaja wrote: > Thanks to Uwe Ligges, Peter Dalgaard and Brian Ripley for your prompt reply. > > The FAQ says: > > We have had several reports of this, although they do work for us on > _all_ of our machines. There are two known possible fixes. > > (a) Use the alternative `internet2.dll' by starting R with the flag > `--internet2' (*note How do I install R for Windows?::) which uses the > Internet Explorer internals (and so needs Internet Explorer 4 or later > installed). > > (b) A proxy needs to be set up: see `?download.file'. > ......... > > I tried the first option -- adding '--internet2' -- but I still get the same > error msg.
Did you repair the damage you did to your system? Perhaps try re-installing R? > I wonder if anyone on the list has instructions re option (b) in English? The help file you mention is in English! > TIA Marwan > > > > > > > > "internet2.dll (see changes for rw1030) must be selected by the > > > --internet2 flag." > > > > > > Uwe Ligges > > > > BTW: See ?download.file for details. > > > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > But I still get an error when trying to update packages: 'Rgui.exe has > > > > generated errors and will be closed by Windows' > > > > Any hint would be appreciated. > > > > I know this has been discussed before but I do not seem to find > > the thread -- > > > > TIA Marwan Khawaja > > > > > > > > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > > > > arch i386 > > > > os mingw32 > > > > system i386, mingw32 > > > > status > > > > major 1 > > > > minor 6.2 > > > > year 2003 > > > > month 01 > > > > day 10 > > > > language R > > > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help