[R] internet proxy settings (win)

Wed Mar 12 21:16:50 CET 2008

Hi Thomas

maybe try the following:

1) start R with option "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe" -- 
internet2
2) disable anything in your Rprofile.site and .Rprofile to have a  
clean start of R

I recently upgraded from an earlier version of R to v 2.6.2, and was  
using all my old libs, and startup files, and when I tried to install  
any packages I repeatedly ran into the gzfile(file,"r") error message.  
1) fixed the problem I had with not being able to see any of the CRAN  
mirrors, and 2) seemed to fix the gzfile issue. After I got things  
working, I started adding things back into Rprofile.site  
and .Rprofile. Potentially, you can skip 1) and only do 2).

Hope it works for you as well!

Philipp

On 12 Mar 2008, at 09:46, Thomas Steiner wrote:

> Thanks Liviu, I am trying out what is proposed in the mentioned  
> thread.
>
> I start R by
> "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe"
> http_proxy="http://proxy.haifis.org:8080"
>
> Then I do the following (selecting "Austria" as mirror)
>
>> install.packages("package", method="wget")
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Fehler in gzfile(file, "r") : kann Verbindung nicht öffnen
> Zusätzlich: Warning message:
> In gzfile(file, "r") :
>  cannot open compressed file
> 'C:\DOCUME~1\n301545\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpnsKQdi\file678418be', probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>> setwd('C:\\DOCUME~1\\n301545\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\RtmpnsKQdi')
>> install.packages("package", method="wget")
> Fehler in gzfile(file, "r") : kann Verbindung nicht öffnen
> Zusätzlich: Warning message:
> In gzfile(file, "r") :
>  cannot open compressed file
> 'C:\DOCUME~1\n301545\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpnsKQdi\file3d6c4ae1', probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
> 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!
>> options(download.file.method="wget")
>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
> Fehler in gzfile(file, "r") : kann Verbindung nicht öffnen
> Zusätzlich: Warning message:
> In gzfile(file, "r") :
>  cannot open compressed file
> 'C:\DOCUME~1\n301545\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpnsKQdi\file5f906952', probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>
> Obviously the update.packages does have access to internet, but has
> problems with the html tag. Who can help?
>
> Thomas
>
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