Thanks, Jeff. I found someone to help - all sorted. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>wrote:
> I see that you have set a proxy to a nonstandard DNS name, and your first > warning is that your computer couldn't figure out where that proxy is. This > is not an R question... please talk to your network administrator about > whether you have a proxy and what it is called. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live > Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > Neil COLLIER <n.coll...@ecu.edu.au> wrote: > > >Dear List, > > > >I have a problem connecting to a CRAN mirror through a networked > >computer running Vista Enterprise on a Dell PC. I added > > > >http_proxy=http://gannet/ http_proxy_user=ask > > > >to the Target in the R shortcut, completed the username and password in > >the Proxy Authentication window, but get the following warning: > > > >Warning message: > >In open.connection(con, "r") : unable to resolve 'gannet' > > > >When I try to download a package I get the following messages: > > > >> utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > >Warning: unable to access index for repository > >http://cran.csiro.au/bin/windows/contrib/2.15 > >Warning: unable to access index for repository > >http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.15 > >Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, > >type = type) : > > no packages were specified > > > > > >This approach worked for me on other networks but this is the first > >time I've encountered this issue. Any help is appreciated. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Neil Collier > >Edith Cowan University > > > > > >________________________________ > >This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you > >must not disclose or use the information contained within. If you have > >received it in error please return it to the sender via reply e-mail > >and delete any record of it from your system. The information contained > >within is not the opinion of Edith Cowan University in general and the > >University accepts no liability for the accuracy of the information > >provided. > > > >CRICOS IPC 00279B > > > > [[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. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[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.
