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Download Files over HTTP and HTTPS

v0.4.1 · Mar 26, 2025 · GPL-2

Description

Provides a wrapper for the download.file function, making it possible to download files over HTTPS on Windows, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like platforms. The 'RCurl' package provides this functionality (and much more) but can be difficult to install because it must be compiled with external dependencies. This package has no external dependencies, so it is much easier to install.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Version History

new 0.4.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.4.1 ← 0.4 diff Mar 25, 2025
updated 0.4 ← 0.3 diff Jul 8, 2015
updated 0.3 ← 0.2.2 diff Apr 30, 2013
updated 0.2.2 ← 0.2.1 diff Feb 10, 2013
updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2 diff Feb 4, 2013
updated 0.2 ← 0.1 diff Feb 3, 2013
new 0.1 Oct 31, 2012