[Rd] Updating library

[Peter Dalgaard]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> You need to use 'Run as admininistrator' for just the session updating 
> those packages (assuming you installed R with administrator privileges and 
> are running it without: you did not say).
>
> This is covered in rw-FAQ Q2.24.
>
>   
I only have WINE to hand here and package installation doesn't quite 
work there, but shouldn't it also work in the  absense of administrative 
privileges to just install lattice and VR into your private win-library 
and update them there?

    -p

> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>
>   
>> On Vista my R installation is in
>>
>>  C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.0
>>
>> and there is a library here:
>>
>>   %userprofile%\Documents\R\win-library\2.6
>>
>> If I use the GUI Packages menu to update my library it
>> works ok _except_ for any packages such as lattice and
>> the VR bundle that come with R.  For those I get this (this
>> is what I got when I tried to update lattice but I get a similar
>> message for the VR bundle as well):
>>
>>     
>>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
>>>       
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
>> contriburl = contriburl,  :
>>  'lib = "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.0/library"' is not writable
>> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
>> contriburl = contriburl,  :
>>  unable to install packages
>>
>> I am using R-2.6.1 (even though the directory says 2.6.0) since I
>> tend to write over the prior directory if its just an upgrade involving
>> the last digit of the R version.
>>
>>     
>>> R.version.string
>>>       
>> [1] "R version 2.6.1 Patched (2007-12-06 r43610)"
>>
>> How should I go about updating lattice and the VR bundle?
>>
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>
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