[R] internet proxy settings (win)

Mon Mar 10 15:01:10 CET 2008

> OK, that's perfect. Then the proxy configuration is still wrong. MAybe
> you want to try the other way given in the R for Windows FAQs and
> re-check your proxy settings.

I did try the other ways and the above trial shows some progress:
> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Warnung: unable to access index for repository
http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6
Warnung: unable to access index for repository
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.6
Fehler in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = NA,
type = type) :
  no packages were specified
Zusätzlich: Warning message:
In open.connection(con, "r") : kann 'cran.r-project.org' nicht auflösen

starting with --internet2:
> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Fehler: Indizierung außerhalb der Grenzen
Zusätzlich: Warning messages:
1: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed!
2: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '   <head> ...' is malformed!
3: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '</html> ...' is malformed!

I also tried
"C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe"
http_proxy=myproxy.mycompany.com http_port=8080

but it gives the same resuat as the very frist solution ("malformed").

What about the firewall settings mentoined in the FAQ?

Thomas