worldbank/dime-r-training

Bypass WB firewall in installation of packages from CRAN

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The firewall of WB computers might reject access to CRAN packages from R. The error in such cases shows the following
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This can be solved in RStudio by deactivating the use of the secure download for HTTP in Tools >> Global Options >> Packages
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Credits: https://community.rstudio.com/t/install-packages-unable-to-access-index-for-repository-try-disabling-secure-download-method-for-http/16578