Hi Laurent,
You should look the R windows FAQ web page: (a) Use the alternative |internet2.dll| by starting R with the flag --internet2 (see How do I install R for Windows? <http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#How-do-I-install-R-for-Windows_003f>) which uses the Internet Explorer internals (and so needs Internet Explorer 4 or later installed). Note that this does not work with proxies that need authentication. (b) A proxy needs to be set up: see |?download.file|. Here are two versions of an example (a real one, but from a machine that is only available locally) of a command-line in a short cut: "path_to_R\bin\RGui.exe" http_proxy=http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80/ "path_to_R\bin\RGui.exe" http_proxy=http://gannet/ http_proxy_user=ask The second version will prompt the user for the proxy username and password when HTTP downloads are first used. Nolwenn Laurent Valdes wrote: >hi, > >as I'm using R at Dell (where I am working), I manage to install packages >from web, but there is a web proxy, which is pretty boring. >R asks me to enter an active directory login/password, that would >normally auth me through the web proxy, but it doesn't work. > >I'm looking forward for your help. Sorry if I used bad english. > >Any ideas ? > >Laurent > >-- >«Un peu d'internationalisme éloigne de la patrie; beaucoup y ramène» >Jean Jaurès@<http://www.le-valdo.com> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >______________________________________________ >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html