The most 'relevant document' is ?download.file, and there is AFAIK nothing specific to MacOS X about the code (and I did write it).
You can use Sys.setenv(http_proxy="http://un:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port") at the start of your R session, or use http_proxy="http://un:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port" in your ~/.Renviron file (see 'An Introduction to R' and ?Startup). On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Chung-hong Chan wrote: > Dear R programmers, > > I can only config. proxy under Mac OS X terminal and launch R under > Terminal by > > Terminal: > > export http_proxy="http://un:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port" > > Under R: > >> chooseCRANmirror(graphics=FALSE) >> update.packages() > > I don't know how to config this in R for Mac OS X Aqua GUI. > I checked the relevant document but no specific steps for Mac OS X. > > Regards, > Ch Chan > > > > -- 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 ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.