[BioC] getBioC problem

[Kasper Daniel Hansen]

This is not the same error as the original poster.

I am currently unable to get the file in a browser (and so is another  
user, see recent post). Perhaps the website is down? (You might have  
a cached copy?)

/Kasper

On Feb 6, 2006, at 5:52 AM, Gaj Stan (BIGCAT) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Currently having the same issue, although I don't use any proxy. I can
> see the file perfectly when I enter its http-adress in FireFox, so a
> Firewall block ought to be out of the question. Even disabling the
> firewall didn't solve it.
>
> The error I get is:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>> source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R)
> Error in file(file, "r", encoding = encoding) :
>         Unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning Message:
> Cannot open: HTTP status was '0 (null)'
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> If I interpret this correctly, then it would appear that no connection
> could be made to the url, although it is possible with FireFox.
>
> Strange thing is that I installed the same R version on my  
> notebook, and
> there it worked perfectly (same network, same firewall).
>
> Could this question be solved here, or do I need to send it towards  
> the
> general R maling-list?
>
> Kind regards,
>
>   - Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Seth  
> Falcon
> Sent: 03 February 2006 19:42
> To: bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [BioC] getBioC problem
>
> On  3 Feb 2006, tliu at fhcrc.org wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Amy,
>>
>>>> source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")
>>> Error in file(file, "r", encoding = encoding) :
>>> unable to open connection
>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>> unable to connect to 'www.bioconductor.org' on port 80.
>>
>> It seems that your LAN has some special settings (such as firewall?)
>> so that you are unable to find the file getBioC.R.  Could you try to
>> put the address "http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R" in your
>> browser to see if you can browse this script in your browsers?  I
>> will guess that you are unable to see it in the browsers.
>
> A proxy that requires authentication is more likely the issue here and
> so it is entirely possible that the web browser is properly configured
> but that R is not.
>
>>> (a) if I add --internet2 to the target of the shortcut:
>>>
>>> [The name '"C:\Program Files\R\R-2.2.1\bin\Rgui.exe"--internet2'
>>> specified in the Target box is not valid.  Make sure the path and
>>> file name are correct.]
>
> Did you add a space betfore --internet2 ?
>
>>> (b) I am connected to the internet via a LAN, which has a proxy so:
>>>
>>>> "path_to_R-2.2.1\bin\RGui.exe"
>>> http_proxy=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/local/autoproxy.pac
>>> Error: syntax error in ""path_to_R-2.2.1\bin\RGui.exe" http_proxy"
>>>
>>> that doesn't work either...
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong, any ideas?
>
> The help page for download.file() has details about proxy
> configuration.  Without knowing more about your proxy setup it may be
> hard for us to help further.  Also, there may be more expertise with
> using R with web proxies on the R-help mail list.
>
> Hope that helps some.
>
> Best,
>
> + seth
>
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