Problems with url/download and http_proxy
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@warnes-gregory-r-43
Last seen 10.2 years ago
I would like to use the getBioC.R script from http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R to install the biobase packages. Unfortunately, url() and download.file() die when trying to talk to my proxy: > getBioC("exprs") connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. [1] "Get Biobase failed" "Get annotate failed" "Get genefilter failed" [4] "Get geneplotter failed" "Get edd failed" "Get ROC failed" [7] "Get tkWidgets failed" Which is caused by: > url(getUrl("unix","Biobase", F),'r') connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. Error in url(getUrl("unix", "Biobase", F), "r") : cannot open URL `http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/distrib/Source/Biobase_1 .0.tar .gz' and similarly: > download.file(getUrl("unix","Biobase", F),dest="test.tgz") trying URL `http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/distrib/Source/Biobase_1 .0.tar .gz' connect: Cannot assign requested address unable to connect to 'gproxy1.pfizer.com'. Error in download.file(getUrl("unix", "Biobase", F), dest = "test.tgz") : cannot open URL `http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/distrib/Source/Biobase_1 .0.tar .gz' So, it looks like R's internal http code can't handle my proxy settings: > Sys.getenv("http_proxy") http_proxy "http://gproxy1.pfizer.com" However, this proxy value works just fine for wget/lynx etc: > download.file(getUrl("unix","Biobase", F),dest="test.gz", method="wget") --11:12:07-- http://www.bioconductor.org:80/packages/release/distrib/Source/Biobase _1.0.t ar.gz => `affy.tar.gz' Connecting to gproxy1.pfizer.com:80... connected! Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 292,800 [application/x-tar] 0K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 17%] 50K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 34%] ... So, does R need the proxy settings to be in a different format? Other ideas on what might be wrong? Obligatory version info: > version _ platform sparc-sun-solaris2.8 arch sparc os solaris2.8 system sparc, solaris2.8 status Patched major 1 minor 5.1 year 2002 month 06 day 18 language R -Greg LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately.
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@ripleystatsoxacuk-44
Last seen 10.2 years ago
The code (which you do have available to you) says http_proxy * Should be like http://myproxy/ or http://myproxy:3128/ which yours is not, so please try that format. The code suggests that the traling / can be omitted, but the words do not. -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
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