r - Solution. How to install_github when there is a proxy

Question

When you try to install some package of R from GitHub's repository

install_github('rWBclimate', 'ropensci')

If you have the following error:

Installing github repo(s) rWBclimate/master from ropensci
Downloading rWBclimate.zip from https://github.com/ropensci/rWBclimate/archive/master.zip
Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE)  :
Could not resolve host: github.com; Host not found, try again

This error is displayed because R is trying to access on Intenet through a proxy.

Answer 1

Step 1. Install devtools packages

if (!require("devtools")) install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)

Step 2. Set configuration for our proxy (Please update your information proxy)

library(httr)
set_config(
  use_proxy(url="18.91.12.23", port=8080, username="user",password="password")
)
install_github('rWBclimate', 'ropensci')