Liviu Andronic wrote: > On 10/16/07, Rainer M. Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I always change the variables in the terminal window before I start R, i.e. >> >> export http_proxy=SERVER:3128 >> export ftp_proxy=SERVER:3128 >> >> and then start R - I did it this morning, and it worked. > > I always start up Gentoo with these variables set system wide: > > localhost m1_1sem # env | grep -i proxy > http_proxy=SERVER:3128 > ftp_proxy=SERVER:3128 > rsync_proxy=SERVER:3128 > https_proxy=SERVER:3128 > > However, R seems to ignore them. I always had to put the necessary > variables in Renviron. I have just tried your method, but it also > failed. I double-checked the proxy server name, so I doubt the problem > is there. > > There must be something else that blocks R from accessing the Internet.
Sounds like it - sorry, but I can't help further. Rainer > > Regards, > Liviu ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
