[R-SIG-Mac] Setting environment variables, especially http_proxy and ftp_proxy

[Simon Urbanek]

Doug,

On Apr 5, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Douglas Bates wrote:

> I have installed the universal binary for R-2.2.1 on an Intel Mac  
> that is behind a firewall.  How do I ensure that the http_proxy  
> environment variable is set when I start R?  I understand that I  
> must do this before the first time I use the internal network code.
>
> I tend to work with a private library (Martin: I really do mean  
> "library", not "package" :-) as the first element in the search  
> path for packages so it would be helpful if I could learn how to  
> set R_LIBS as well.
>

There are several ways to set environment variables for specific  
applications, but this is probably the most widely used one:
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html

Cheers,
Simon