[R] Mac OS X 10.4.11 - R2.6.2 - Problem with proxy

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello Vincent,

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Vincent Alcouffe <alcouffe at univ-tln.fr> wrote:
>     I have 60 Macintoshs on Mac OS X 10.4.11 for learn "R" to studient
>  of University and i want to Install New Packages. I click on the button
>  "access list Mirrors" and it propose me a list of mirrors. None work
>  correctly. All the mirrors take an error.

Recent versions of R have introduced some bug related to accessing the
Internet through a transparent proxy. It has been discussed recently,
twice, for the Windows and Linux platforms. Please check these threads
[1] [2].

Basically, you would need to install wget, make sure that it can
access the Internet (tweak the config files and make it aware of the
transparent proxy) and use method="wget" when installing packages
within R.

Regards,
Liviu


[1] http://www.nabble.com/internet-proxy-settings-(win)-td15956010.html
[2] http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e3/help/07/10/1395.html