[R] chooseCRANmirror

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Mon Nov 24 15:06:51 CET 2008



Molinari, Luciano wrote:
> Dear List:
> I just successfully installed R 2.8.0 (under Windows XP SP2, 1GB RAM) and wanted to run update.packages.
> When I first called chooseCRANmirror I obtained the following error message:
> ----------------
>> chooseCRANmirror()
> Warning message:
> In open.connection(con, "r") :
>   kann nicht mit 'cran.r-project.org' auf Port 80 verbinden

If both you and CRAN were online, please read the R for Windows FAQs on 
how to configure your proxy settings (I guess you are behind one).

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges


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> What should I do?
> Thanks for helping.
> L. Molinari
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