[Rd] install.packages Bug? (PR#7876)

[ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]

This is a Windows error message, not an R error.  Do you have some 
pre-existing installation in that directory?

It is not something we can reproduce.

The 2.1.0 message bug was fixed a while back.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 martin.posch at univie.ac.at wrote:

> Full_Name: Martin Posch
> Version: 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 patched
> OS: Windows XP SP2
> Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.1.135)
>
>
> When installing the Hmisc package using the install option in the RGUI I get
> the
> error message under both R 2.1.0 and R 2.1.0 patched (see the outputs below).
> I tried the install after a fresh reboot (to minimize the possibility of locked
> up files). The same problem arises with some of the other packages.
>
> I use a german Windows version but set the RGUI-language to english (setting the
> environment variable LC_all to "en".
>
> *********************************************************************************
>
> R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.1/Hmisc_3.0-5.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 1954673 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 1908Kb
>
> package 'Hmisc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error in sprintf(gettext("unable to move temp installation '%d' to '%s'"),  :
>        use format %s for character objects
>>
>
>
> **********************************************************************************
> R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 2.1.0 Patched (2005-05-14), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.1/Hmisc_3.0-5.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 1954673 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 1908Kb
>
> package 'Hmisc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>        C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Admin\Lokale
> Einstellungen\Temp\Rtmp20068\downloaded_packages
> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> unable to move temp installation
> 'C:/Programme/R/rw2010pat/library\file29532/Hmisc' to
> 'C:/Programme/R/rw2010pat/library/Hmisc'
>>
>
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