Message-ID: <4360AC5F.4010209@sun.ac.za>
Date: 2005-10-27T10:30:55Z
From: Rainer M Krug
Subject: install.packages under SuSE 10 behind proxy, R 2.2.0 from source
In-Reply-To: <435F96AE.9030709@sun.ac.za>
Hi
I figured it out.
if I use install.packages(..., method="wget") it works
but if I use the default method, it doesn't.
Rainer
Rainer M. Krug wrote:
> Hi
>
> I installed R 2.2.0 from source and want to use install.packages but it
> doesn't work.
>
> http_proxy is set to http://proxy.sun.ac.za:3128
>
> but it still can't connect to the repository.
> The mirror is available, I can connect to it via the internet.
>
> Any help welcome,
>
> Rainer
>
>
>
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