Re: [R] R unable to access internet to install packages

2013-05-08 Thread Nilesh Gupta
also try this command to set the proxy Sys.setenv(http_proxy="http://proxy_server_ip :port_for_proxy") The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep - On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Nilesh Gupta wrote: > Alex >

Re: [R] R unable to access internet to install packages

2013-05-08 Thread Nilesh Gupta
Alex For using a proxy server configuration with R please ensure that you use the internet2 ddl to connect to the internet. It can be set in an R session by using setInternet2(TRUE). Besides all of these you should really set up a new version of R. Regards The woods are lovely, dark and deep But

Re: [R] R unable to access internet to install packages

2013-05-08 Thread Pascal Oettli
Hello, About problem for R to download files: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html#The-Internet-download-functions-fail_002e The repertory "2.9" for the second mirror doesn't exist. Hope this helps, Pascal On 05/09/2013 09:30 AM, Alex Collier wrote: Hi, I am having some trouble

Re: [R] R unable to access internet to install packages

2013-05-08 Thread Jeff Newmiller
a) You really should upgrade your version of R. b) You have not indicated clearly what your operating system is as the Posting Guide requests of you (e.g. sessionInfo()), but if it is Windows then you should look at the R for Windows FAQ (section 2.19). --

[R] R unable to access internet to install packages

2013-05-08 Thread Alex Collier
Hi, I am having some trouble trying to install a number of packages in R on my work computer. An example of the code I am using is as follows: install.packages("ggplot2",dependencies=TRUE) An example of the error messages I am getting is: Warning: unable to access index for repository http://