Message-ID: <B59418D9-C359-4ABE-9067-C2316B41D773@r-project.org>
Date: 2006-04-05T19:44:19Z
From: Simon Urbanek
Subject: Setting environment variables, especially http_proxy and ftp_proxy
In-Reply-To: <40e66e0b0604051135t20ef34adrffcbefb4aca441c2@mail.gmail.com>
Doug,
On Apr 5, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Douglas Bates wrote:
> I have installed the universal binary for R-2.2.1 on an Intel Mac
> that is behind a firewall. How do I ensure that the http_proxy
> environment variable is set when I start R? I understand that I
> must do this before the first time I use the internal network code.
>
> I tend to work with a private library (Martin: I really do mean
> "library", not "package" :-) as the first element in the search
> path for packages so it would be helpful if I could learn how to
> set R_LIBS as well.
>
There are several ways to set environment variables for specific
applications, but this is probably the most widely used one:
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html
Cheers,
Simon