[R] install.packages under SuSE 10 behind proxy, R 2.2.0 from source

[Rainer M. Krug]

Hi

I figured it out.
if I use install.packages(..., method="wget") it works
but if I use the default method, it doesn't.


Rainer

Rainer M. Krug wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I installed R 2.2.0 from source and want to use install.packages but it 
> doesn't work.
> 
> http_proxy is set to http://proxy.sun.ac.za:3128
> 
> but it still can't connect to the repository.
> The mirror is available, I can connect to it via the internet.
> 
> Any help welcome,
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
> 



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