Hi,

If this is so commonly asked, can someone please add it to the 
RMacOSX-FAQ?  I have searched all the listserve archives (for all 
platforms) and found more, unanswered posts (only 7 by the way). 

Shelah

Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:
> Read ?download.file - and browse the archives. This question has been 
> asked 100s of times (perhaps not on this list but certainly on other 
> R-related lists).
>
> Kasper
>
> On May 1, 2008, at 5:48 AM, Shelah Morita wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does no one have a solution for me? Or does this not make sense?
>>
>> Hopefully,
>>
>> Shelah
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:     [R-SIG-Mac] R behind a proxy server
>> Date:     Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:21:14 +0200
>> From:     Shelah Morita <simorita@ncsu.edu>
>> Reply-To:     simorita@ncsu.edu
>> Organization:     NSF International Research Fellow
>> To:     r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to update my packages and I cannot seem to connect to CRAN.  I
>> get the following error:
>>
>>> Error in file(con, "r") : unable to open connection
>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>> In file(con, "r") : unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on 
>>> port 80.
>> I think it's because I am behind a proxy server here at the university.
>>
>> Can you please tell me how to fix this?  I am using the gui version and
>> can't seem to find a menu with an option to set a proxy server.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Shelah
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>> Department of Botany and Zoology
>> University of Stellenbosch
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Shelah Morita Ph.D.
NSF International Research Fellow
Department of Botany and Zoology
University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602
SOUTH AFRICA

+27 21 808-3232 Office
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+27 79 774-8372 Cell
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Skype:bellamyia

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