[R] update.packages()

[Andrew C. Ward]

Dear R users,

I am using R Version 1.3.0 (2001-06-22) under Windows 2000 Professional (SP 2).

When I try "Packages"->"Update packages from CRAN"
the result is something like 
   trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
   unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org'.
   Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep = "/"),  : 
        cannot open URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'

Opening the same URL in Internet Explorer opens PACKAGES okay. I had the 
impression (perhaps fanciful) that R used the same settings as IE. I'm less 
than knowledgeable about (among other things) proxies and sockets etc, but 
would greatly value your advice on getting this very handy feature working.

Thank you very much!

Regards,

Andrew C. Ward

Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
andreww at cheque.uq.edu.au
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