[R] proxy connection

[Uwe Ligges]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> Marwan Khawaja wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I a proxy connection to the internet, so I renamed the file 'internet2.dll' to
> > 'internet.dll' in the Module subdirectory as suggested in Changes.
> 
> That *was* true for for R-1.3.0, but since R-1.4.0 the same file tells
> you:
> 
> "internet2.dll (see changes for rw1030) must be selected by the
> --internet2 flag."
> 
> Uwe Ligges

BTW: See ?download.file for details.

Uwe Ligges

> > But I still get an error when trying to update packages:  'Rgui.exe has
> > generated errors and will be closed by Windows'
> > Any hint would be appreciated.
> > I know this has been discussed before but I do not seem to find the thread --
> > TIA Marwan Khawaja
> >
> > platform i386-pc-mingw32
> > arch     i386
> > os       mingw32
> > system   i386, mingw32
> > status
> > major    1
> > minor    6.2
> > year     2003
> > month    01
> > day      10
> > language R