[BioC] internet2.dll equivalent for Mac

[Jonathan Arthur]

Hello Stefano and others,

I can download and install R with no difficulties. When I try to get 
Bioconductor by typing:

source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")

I get the error:

Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
In addition: Warning message:
unable to connect to 'www.bioconductor.org' on port 80.

On windows, I solved this by:

1. Right click on the R icon on the desktop
2. Select properties
3. Change the target from "C:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe" (or 
whatever your Rgui path is) to "C:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe" 
--internet2 (i.e. add the flag --internet2 after the quoted path name)
4. Select OK

As this involves the use of the internet2.dll, I assume this will not 
work on Mac OSX. My question is, what is the equivalent procedure on a 
Mac to solve this connection problem?

Regards,

Jonathan


stefano iacus wrote:

> Jonathan,
> could you please be more specific?
> R on OS X has such functionalities.
> stefano
> p.s. eventually R-sig-Mac for such OS X  specific issues
>
> Il giorno 30/mar/06, alle ore 06:28, Jonathan Arthur ha scritto:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am trying to install Bioconductor on a Mac and having difficulty
>> getting the internet download functions to work. On Windows, I solved
>> this by using the internet2.dll
>>
>> I have not been able to find, in the R or Bioconductor documentation,
>> details on the equivalent process required on a Mac to get the  internet
>> download functions to work. Could anybody help me out with the  required
>> commands?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> -- 
>> Dr Jonathan Arthur
>> Sesqui Lecturer in Bioinformatics
>> Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and SUBIT
>> Medical Foundation Building, K25
>> University of Sydney
>> Ph: +61 2 9036 3132
>> Email: jarthur at med.usyd.edu.au
>>
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>


-- 
Dr Jonathan Arthur
Sesqui Lecturer in Bioinformatics
Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and SUBIT
Medical Foundation Building, K25
University of Sydney
Ph: +61 2 9036 3132
Email: jarthur at med.usyd.edu.au