Thanks to Uwe Ligges, Peter Dalgaard and Brian Ripley for your prompt reply.
The FAQ says: We have had several reports of this, although they do work for us on _all_ of our machines. There are two known possible fixes. (a) Use the alternative `internet2.dll' by starting R with the flag `--internet2' (*note How do I install R for Windows?::) which uses the Internet Explorer internals (and so needs Internet Explorer 4 or later installed). (b) A proxy needs to be set up: see `?download.file'. ......... I tried the first option -- adding '--internet2' -- but I still get the same error msg. I wonder if anyone on the list has instructions re option (b) in English? TIA Marwan > > > > "internet2.dll (see changes for rw1030) must be selected by the > > --internet2 flag." > > > > Uwe Ligges > > BTW: See ?download.file for details. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > But I still get an error when trying to update packages: 'Rgui.exe has > > > generated errors and will be closed by Windows' > > > Any hint would be appreciated. > > > I know this has been discussed before but I do not seem to find > the thread -- > > > TIA Marwan Khawaja > > > > > > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > > > arch i386 > > > os mingw32 > > > system i386, mingw32 > > > status > > > major 1 > > > minor 6.2 > > > year 2003 > > > month 01 > > > day 10 > > > language R > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
