[R] R unable to access internet to install packages

[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).
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Alex Collier <Alex.Collier at nzfamilies.org.nz> wrote:

>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://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
>Warning: unable to access index for repository
>http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
>Warning messages:
>1: In open.connection(con, "r") : unable to resolve
>'cran.r-project.org'
>2: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>  package �ggplot2� is not available
>
>The version of R I am using is 2.9.1.
>
>I have tried the same script at home with no problems and also at my
>previous workplace. I thought it may be to do with not having IT
>administrator privileges but and IT administrator tried with the same
>result and also tried the latest version of R with the same result. The
>It administrator also did not see any internet traffic from my machine
>when I tried the install so we have come to the conclusion that R must
>not be able to access the internet from my machine � I do have general
>internet access.
>
>We are using a proxy server (TMG � Microsoft�s Threat Management
>Gateway). Can R work with a proxy server on the network?
>If so, how should this be configured so that a Network Administrator
>can make the appropriate changes?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Regards,
>
>Alex Collier
>
>
>
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