R help - Feb 2023 - wininet deprecation

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:58:33 +0000, Stadler Thomas <thomas.stadler at
vpbank.com> wrote:
> as the download method 'wininet' is deprecated,  I'm looking
into alternative ways to install packages from within R.
> Unfortunately, curl, libcurl and wget refuse to cooperate with Kerberos on
our corporate setup.
> When exactly will the 'wininet' method stop working? R release 4.3?
Same problem here. It has been reported before to be a major nuisance if
you're working in an environment with a need for security and data
protection.
Unfortunately, it seems it has been decided to go for this regression of
functionality.

In our case we managed to circumnavigate the problem by building a local CRAN
mirror inside our firewall using the open source Nexus repository. Seems a bit
overkill (given that wininet has done the trick nicely up to now), but at least
it works.

HTH.

\Gisbert

On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Selke, Gisbert W. writes:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:58:33 +0000, Stadler Thomas <thomas.stadler at
vpbank.com> wrote:
>
>> as the download method 'wininet' is deprecated,  I'm
looking into alternative ways to install packages from within R.
>> Unfortunately, curl, libcurl and wget refuse to cooperate with Kerberos
on our corporate setup.
>> When exactly will the 'wininet' method stop working? R release
4.3?
> Same problem here. It has been reported before to be a major nuisance if
you're working in an environment with a need for security and data
protection.
> Unfortunately, it seems it has been decided to go for this regression of
functionality.
>
> In our case we managed to circumnavigate the problem by
> building a local CRAN mirror inside our firewall using
> the open source Nexus repository. Seems a bit overkill
> (given that wininet has done the trick nicely up to
> now), but at least it works.
>
> HTH.
>
> \Gisbert
There is also the miniCRAN package
(https://cran.r-project.org/package=miniCRAN).


-- 
Enrico Schumann
Lucerne, Switzerland
http://enricoschumann.net

Hi Gisbert,

thanks for your suggestion. It seems I will have to look into local mirroring
solutions after all.

rgds

Thomas

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Selke, Gisbert W. <gisbert.selke at wido.bv.aok.de> 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Februar 2023 12:17
An: r-help at r-project.org
Cc: Stadler Thomas <thomas.stadler at vpbank.com>
Betreff: Re: [R] wininet deprecation

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:58:33 +0000, Stadler Thomas <thomas.stadler at
vpbank.com> wrote:
> as the download method 'wininet' is deprecated,  I'm looking
into alternative ways to install packages from within R.
> Unfortunately, curl, libcurl and wget refuse to cooperate with Kerberos on
our corporate setup.
> When exactly will the 'wininet' method stop working? R release 4.3?
Same problem here. It has been reported before to be a major nuisance if
you're working in an environment with a need for security and data
protection.
Unfortunately, it seems it has been decided to go for this regression of
functionality.

In our case we managed to circumnavigate the problem by building a local CRAN
mirror inside our firewall using the open source Nexus repository. Seems a bit
overkill (given that wininet has done the trick nicely up to now), but at least
it works.

HTH.

\Gisbert

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