[Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package

[Paul Gilbert]

Uwe Ligges wrote:

>Dean, David P wrote:
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>>Dear list,
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>>I've just installed R-2.2.0 under Solaris and have a question about
>>installing packages. If a package fails to install for any reason and I go
>>to install another package, I get this message:
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>>$ R-2.2.0-64bit --vanilla CMD INSTALL ~/srca/cran/RSQLite_0.4-0.tar.gz 
>>ERROR: failed to lock directory
>>'/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library' for modifying
>>Try removing '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library/00LOCK'
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>>I can remove the lock directory by hand, and then the next package installs,
>>but this makes it quite difficult to download and install a batch of
>>packages from CRAN or Biocondctor! Is this lock directory a new feature with
>>R-2.2.0? Is there a work around in the R build itself or the installation
>>scripts?
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>No, not a new feature in R-2.2.0, it has been there for some time now.
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I have the impression the feature behaves slightly differently as of 
R-2.2.0. Now the 00LOCK file is not removed in Solaris when there is an 
unsuccessful install. (In Linux I think it does get removed.)

Paul Gilbert

>After a *successful* installation, the 00LOCK directory should be 
>deleted by the installation tools themselves.
>After an unsuccessful installation, the installation tools should 
>restore the stuff in the 00LOCK directory.
>Do you abort the installtion manually (this is the only way I figured 
>out how not to remove 00LOCK automatically)?
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>Uwe Ligges
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>>Much thanks!!!
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>>David P Dean
>>Research Informatics
>>PGRD Groton Labs
>>(860)-441-5053
>>david.p.dean at pfizer.com
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