[R] Question about proxy setting of R

Carina Salt
Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:18:00 -0000

As far as I can see, the 'internal' method doesn't work for https
mirrors
(on my system, anyway).  However, the http mirrors still exist (try "
http://cloud.r-project.org/" for example) so why not just use one of those?

Cheers,
Carina

On 5 December 2016 at 12:27, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:

> You will probably have to check with your network folks to see what is
> possible on your system.
>
>
> Jim Holtman
> Data Munger Guru
>
> What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 6:33 AM, <qwertyui_period at yahoo.co.jp>
wrote:
>
> > Dear Jim,
> >
> > Thanks to your advice, "Proxy Authentification" window
showed up,
> however,
> > I couldn't access to the internet. Error messages are as below.
> >
> > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
> > > update.packages(ask='graphics',checkBuilt=TRUE)
> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > Warning: failed to download mirrors file (scheme not supported in URL
> > 'https://cran.r-project.org/CRAN_mirrors.csv'); using local
file
> > 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.2/doc/CRAN_mirrors.csv'
> > Warning: unable to access index for repository
> > https://cran.ism.ac.jp/src/contrib:
> >   scheme not supported in URL 'https://cran.ism.ac.jp/src/
> contrib/PACKAGES'
> >
> > Proxy authentication failed:
> >         please re-enter the credentials or hit Cancel
> > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
> >
> > I assume the proxy server is only available for "http", not
"https".
> > What should I do ?
> >
> > J J
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com>
> > *To:* qwertyui_period at yahoo.co.jp
> > *Date:* 2016/12/2, Fri 09:13
> > *Subject:* Re: [R] Question about proxy setting of R
> >
> > Try this option:
> >
> >  options(download.file.method = "internal")
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Holtman
> > Data Munger Guru
> >
> > What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
> > Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:37 PM, <qwertyui_period at
yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I use R 3.0.2 on Win 7 through proxy server using
".Rprofile" in home
> > directory that includes "Sys.setenv(http_proxy=proxy_
server:port)".
> > There has been no problem to access the internet for some years.
> > In this situation, I installed R 3.3.1 and then entered
"update.packages
> > ()", however, "Proxy Authentification" window
didn't show up and
> > failed to access the internet. Error messages are as below.
> >
> > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
> > > update.packages(ask='graphics' ,checkBuilt=TRUE)
> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > Warning: failed to download mirrors file (cannot open URL
> > 'https://cran.r-project.org/CRAN_mirrors.csv'); using local
file
> > 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.2/doc/ CRAN_mirrors.csv'
> > Warning: unable to access index for repository
> > https://cran.ism.ac.jp/src/contrib:
> >   cannot open URL
'https://cran.ism.ac.jp/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
> > Warning: unable to access index for repository
> > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/src/contrib:
> >   cannot open URL 'http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/
> pub/RWin/src/contrib/PACKAGES
> > '
> > Warning message:
> > In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
> >   cannot open URL
'https://cran.r-project.org/CRAN_mirrors.csv': HTTP
> > status was '407 Proxy Authentication Required'
> >
> > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
> >
> > Strange to say, R 3.0.2 is able to access to the internet, and R 3.3.1
> > shows collect proxy setting in ".Rprofile"  by
"Sys.getenv("http_proxy")"
> > From internet information, I added "http_proxy_user=ask" to
".Rprofile",
> or
> > " --internet2" to the desktop icon of R 3.3.1, ending up in
the same
> > result.
> >
> > Please show me the way of proxy setting of R 3.3.1.
> >
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