[R] proxy connection

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Marwan Khawaja wrote:

> Thanks to Uwe Ligges, Peter Dalgaard and Brian Ripley for your prompt reply.
> 
> The FAQ says:
> 
> We have had several reports of this, although they do work for us on
> _all_ of our machines.  There are two known possible fixes.
> 
> (a) Use the alternative `internet2.dll' by starting R with the flag
> `--internet2' (*note How do I install R for Windows?::) which uses the
> Internet Explorer internals (and so needs Internet Explorer 4 or later
> installed).
> 
> (b) A proxy needs to be set up: see `?download.file'.
> .........
> 
> I tried the first option -- adding '--internet2' -- but I still get the same
> error msg.

Did you repair the damage you did to your system?  Perhaps try 
re-installing R?

> I wonder if anyone on the list has instructions re option (b) in English?

The help file you mention is in English!

> TIA Marwan
> 
> 
> > >
> > > "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
> >
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> 

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595