[R] help files

[Uwe Ligges]

On 19.02.2011 06:08, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Dear R People:
>
> I downloaded the binary for R-2.12.1 on Windows 7.
>
> When checking help files, I got the following:
>
>> ?mean
> starting httpd help server ... done
> Error in shell.exec(url) :
>    problem in displaying 'http://127.0.0.1:16945/library/base/html/mean.html'
>>
>
> I did check the URL in my IE browser and all was well.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.


Perhaps some policy applies to your machine that prevents from accessing 
the http help server (on your machine)?

Uwe






> Sincerely,
> Erin
>
>