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= Configuring R to work behind a firewall =
 
Within a company network you need to set the proxy server. The following command does this by setting an R environment variable to the proxy:port;
 
Within a company network you need to set the proxy server. The following command does this by setting an R environment variable to the proxy:port;
 
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  Sys.putenv("HTTP_PROXY"="[URL]:[PORT]")
 
  Sys.putenv("HTTP_PROXY"="[URL]:[PORT]")
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Once this is set you can check if the variable is set with;
 
Once this is set you can check if the variable is set with;
 
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  Sys.getenv("HTTP_PROXY")
 
  Sys.getenv("HTTP_PROXY")
 
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Now you can fetch the following scripts over the internet;
 
Now you can fetch the following scripts over the internet;
 
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  <nowiki>source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")
 
  <nowiki>source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")
 
source("http://www.bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")</nowiki>
 
source("http://www.bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")</nowiki>
 
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Typing the following commands will display the source code of the functions for installing BioConductor automatically. 'getBioC' installs a fairly comprehensive installation,  
 
Typing the following commands will display the source code of the functions for installing BioConductor automatically. 'getBioC' installs a fairly comprehensive installation,  
 
'biocLite' installs a minimal installation.
 
'biocLite' installs a minimal installation.
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  getBioC
 
  getBioC
 
  biocLite
 
  biocLite
 
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Type the following command to install Bioconductor ''getBioC()'' or ''biocLite()'' depending on type of installation.
 
Type the following command to install Bioconductor ''getBioC()'' or ''biocLite()'' depending on type of installation.
  
=See also=
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= See also =
 
*[http://www.bioconductor.org/docs/install-howto.html BioConductor install guide]
 
*[http://www.bioconductor.org/docs/install-howto.html BioConductor install guide]

Latest revision as of 23:24, 22 December 2006

Configuring R to work behind a firewall

Within a company network you need to set the proxy server. The following command does this by setting an R environment variable to the proxy:port;

Sys.putenv("HTTP_PROXY"="[URL]:[PORT]")

Once this is set you can check if the variable is set with;

Sys.getenv("HTTP_PROXY")

Now you can fetch the following scripts over the internet;

source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")
source("http://www.bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")

Typing the following commands will display the source code of the functions for installing BioConductor automatically. 'getBioC' installs a fairly comprehensive installation, 'biocLite' installs a minimal installation.

getBioC
biocLite

Type the following command to install Bioconductor getBioC() or biocLite() depending on type of installation.

See also