Re: [R] Udpate R under a proxy

2007-04-20 Thread Liaw, Andy
This is what I just tried (thanks, Dirk!): Start R and then Sys.putenv("http_proxy", "whatever"), options(download.file.method="wget") doesn't work. Open up a command prompt, define http_proxy there, then run Rgui. Set options(download.file.method="wget"). This works. Perhaps you can define

Re: [R] Udpate R under a proxy

2007-04-20 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
See rw-FAQ Q2.19, and of course the posting guide. Claiming 'it always fail' does not help us help you, but blaming your tools in this way could be considered discourteous (or worse). On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, justin bem wrote: dear all, I get internet via a proxy server when I try to downlaod p

[R] Udpate R under a proxy

2007-04-20 Thread justin bem
dear all, I get internet via a proxy server when I try to downlaod package it always fail. Even when i add and environnment variable for the http proxy server. I use windows XP SP2 Sincerly Justin BEM Elève Ingénieur Statisticien Economiste BP 294 Yaoundé. Tél (00237)9597295. __