R help - Apr 2009 - Setting R not to try to contact a CRAN repository

Hello,
I have a computer running R that cannot see the Internet. When I start
RGui it asks me to select a CRAN mirror. This always fails, of course.
When I restart R the selection window comes up again. This is very
problematic when trying to run R in Emacs/ESS. I have been unable to
find a way to stop Rgui asking for a CRAN mirror.

How can I configure R so that it does not attempt to connect to a CRAN
mirror? 

Thank you,

Richard Croy

 



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Richard Croy <Richard.Croy <at> fonterra.com> writes:
> I have a computer running R that cannot see the Internet. When I start
> RGui it asks me to select a CRAN mirror. This always fails, of course.
RGui does not ask for a connection to the Internet by default, so some 
installation must have mucked up your Rprofile file in the etc directory.
Open the file, and check for offending lines, and uncomment those.

For example, someone might have smuggled in 

update.packages(...)

Dieter