R help - Nov 2007 - Http_proxy settings with autoproxy.php

Just installed R on a new machine which is on a server. I am trying to
download packages but seem to have trouble with our proxy settings. I
have read the 2.19 section in R for Windows and tried what was suggested
(setting http_proxy) but that did not help (still cannot connect). I
think my problem is that we do not have a fixed port but use instead
autoproxy. Has anyone encountered this problem and if so how can it be
fixed?
Thanks,
David


Dr. David Lusseau
Lecturer in Marine Populations

University of Aberdeen
School of Biological Sciences
Zoology Bldg, Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK
Phone: (0)1224 272843

Website: http://www.lusseau.org

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Lusseau, David wrote:
> Just installed R on a new machine which is on a server. I am trying to
Under Windows, I infer.
> download packages but seem to have trouble with our proxy settings. I
> have read the 2.19 section in R for Windows and tried what was suggested
> (setting http_proxy) but that did not help (still cannot connect). I
> think my problem is that we do not have a fixed port but use instead
> autoproxy. Has anyone encountered this problem and if so how can it be
> fixed?
Have you tried --internet2?  In most cases if Internet Explorer works with 
your proxy, so will Rgui --internet2.

Otherwise you need to ask the people who inflicted the proxy on you how to 
make use of it.  ('autoproxy' is not a well-defined term, BTW, as it has
several meanings.)

-- 
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