[R] Udpate R under a proxy

[Prof Brian Ripley]

See rw-FAQ Q2.19, and of course the posting guide.

Claiming 'it always fail' does not help us help you, but blaming your 
tools in this way could be considered discourteous (or worse).

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, justin bem wrote:

> dear all,
>
> I get internet via a proxy server when I try to
> downlaod package it always fail. Even when i add and
> environnment variable for the http proxy server. I use
> windows XP SP2
>
> Sincerly
>
> Justin BEM
> Elève Ingénieur Statisticien Economiste
> BP 294 Yaoundé.
> Tél (00237)9597295.
>
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

PLEASE do.

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