[R] R unable to access internet to install packages

[Pascal Oettli]

Hello,

About problem for R to download files:
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html#The-Internet-download-functions-fail_002e

The repertory "2.9" for the second mirror doesn't exist.

Hope this helps,
Pascal


On 05/09/2013 09:30 AM, Alex Collier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having some trouble trying to install a number of packages in R on my work computer. An example of the code I am using is as follows:
>
> install.packages("ggplot2",dependencies=TRUE)
>
> An example of the error messages I am getting is:
>
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
> Warning messages:
> 1: In open.connection(con, "r") : unable to resolve 'cran.r-project.org'
> 2: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>    package 組gplot2� is not available
>
> The version of R I am using is 2.9.1.
>
> I have tried the same script at home with no problems and also at my previous workplace. I thought it may be to do with not having IT administrator privileges but and IT administrator tried with the same result and also tried the latest version of R with the same result. The It administrator also did not see any internet traffic from my machine when I tried the install so we have come to the conclusion that R must not be able to access the internet from my machine � I do have general internet access.
>
> We are using a proxy server (TMG � Microsoft痴 Threat Management Gateway). Can R work with a proxy server on the network?
> If so, how should this be configured so that a Network Administrator can make the appropriate changes?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex Collier
>
>
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