Assuming you are on Windows, you can probably do this within R, without
involving the IT department.

?setInternet2

for the details and discussion.  Enter the line

setInternet2(use = TRUE)
before doing the install.packages()



On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Katie Ashton
<Katie.Ashton@newcastle.edu.au>wrote:

> To whom this may concern,
>
> I am having issues installing a program called "SAM" (Statistical Analysis
> of Microarrays) which is an excel add in and requires the use of R. Due to
> the firewall at my hospital, R cannot connect to a mirror and therefore
> cannot install necessary files for the complete installation of SAM. The IT
> department has asked me which "port" needs to be opened so I can connect to
> a mirror.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
>
> Katie Ashton PhD
> HMRI Bogner Cancer Research Fellow
> HMRI, Room 3642
> Level 3, John Hunter Hospital
> Lookout Rd
> New Lambton Heights
> NSW, 2305
> Australia
> Ph. +61 2 498 55663
> Fax +61 2 498 55895
> The University of Newcastle CRICOS Provider code: 00109J.
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html>
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

