Assuming you are on Windows, you can probably do this within R, without involving the IT department.
?setInternet2 for the details and discussion. Enter the line setInternet2(use = TRUE) before doing the install.packages() On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Katie Ashton <katie.ash...@newcastle.edu.au>wrote: > To whom this may concern, > > I am having issues installing a program called "SAM" (Statistical Analysis > of Microarrays) which is an excel add in and requires the use of R. Due to > the firewall at my hospital, R cannot connect to a mirror and therefore > cannot install necessary files for the complete installation of SAM. The IT > department has asked me which "port" needs to be opened so I can connect to > a mirror. > > Thank you for your help, > > Cheers, > Katie > > > Katie Ashton PhD > HMRI Bogner Cancer Research Fellow > HMRI, Room 3642 > Level 3, John Hunter Hospital > Lookout Rd > New Lambton Heights > NSW, 2305 > Australia > Ph. +61 2 498 55663 > Fax +61 2 498 55895 > The University of Newcastle CRICOS Provider code: 00109J. > > ______________________________________________ > 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
