[R] proxy connection

[Marwan Khawaja]

Thanks to Uwe Ligges, Peter Dalgaard and Brian Ripley for your prompt reply.

The FAQ says:

We have had several reports of this, although they do work for us on
_all_ of our machines.  There are two known possible fixes.

(a) Use the alternative `internet2.dll' by starting R with the flag
`--internet2' (*note How do I install R for Windows?::) which uses the
Internet Explorer internals (and so needs Internet Explorer 4 or later
installed).

(b) A proxy needs to be set up: see `?download.file'.
.........

I tried the first option -- adding '--internet2' -- but I still get the same
error msg.
I wonder if anyone on the list has instructions re option (b) in English?
TIA Marwan


> >
> > "internet2.dll (see changes for rw1030) must be selected by the
> > --internet2 flag."
> >
> > Uwe Ligges
>
> BTW: See ?download.file for details.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
> > > But I still get an error when trying to update packages:  'Rgui.exe has
> > > generated errors and will be closed by Windows'
> > > Any hint would be appreciated.
> > > I know this has been discussed before but I do not seem to find
> the thread --
> > > TIA Marwan Khawaja
> > >
> > > platform i386-pc-mingw32
> > > arch     i386
> > > os       mingw32
> > > system   i386, mingw32
> > > status
> > > major    1
> > > minor    6.2
> > > year     2003
> > > month    01
> > > day      10
> > > language R
>