There are two things that occur. Firstly, I normally have to unset
no_proxy:
%> unset no_proxy; R
Secondly, if for some reason http_proxy isn't being seen in R, you can
use the Sys.putenv() function within R to manipulate the environment
-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
S.Hodgkinson at brighton.ac.uk
Sent: 24 May 2007 16:05
To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Running R in Bash and R GUI
I have been trying to get the R and package update functions in the
GUI version of R to work on my Mac.
Initially I got error messages that suggested I needed to set up the
http_proxy for GUI R to use, but how can this be done?
I eventually got to the point of writing a .bash_profile file in the
Bash terminal and setting the proxy addresses there.
I can now use my Bash terminal, invoke R, and run the update /
install commands and they work!
The problem that still remains is that in the R console of the GUI
R, the http_proxy is not seen and thus I cannot connect to CRAN or
any other mirror using the GUI functions in the pull-down menus.
I get
> update.packages ()
Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.uk.r-
project.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.5
>
Basically it still seems unable to access port 80.
Is there a way of solving this so that I can use both terminals
rather than just everything through Bash?
Thanks
Steve Hodgkinson
University of Brighton
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