Dear Mick, Have you tried to change the properties of your shortcut (right-click on the shortcut); add "--internet2" for the target (works at least on W2K). If that fails, create a small *.bat file, containing the line \yourpath\Rgui --internet2 and probably, before executing this, insert the line cd \yourHome HTH Thomas --- Thomas Hotz Research Associate in Medical Statistics University of Leicester United Kingdom Department of Epidemiology and Public Health 22-28 Princess Road West Leicester LE1 6TP Tel +44 116 252-5410 Fax +44 116 252-5423 Division of Medicine for the Elderly Department of Medicine The Glenfield Hospital Leicester LE3 9QP Tel +44 116 256-3643 Fax +44 116 232-2976
-----Original Message----- From: michael watson (IAH-C) [mailto:michael.watson at bbsrc.ac.uk] Sent: 18 July 2003 10:32 To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] R won't connect to the internet Hi I can't get R to connect to the internet. I am running R 1.7.1 on Windows XP and whenever I try to download packages etc from within R using the internet, it fails. OK so I am behind a firewall and use a proxy server.... SO, if I go to my MS-DOS prompt and type: RGui.exe --internet2 everything works.... BUT i can't set up a shortcut for this as Windows (I hate Windows) complains that RGui.exe --internet2 is invalid and won't save it So do I have to go into MS-DOS everytime I want to start up R??? Thanks Mick
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