[Rd] Updating library

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Thanks.  That did it.

On Jan 19, 2008 2:19 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 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.
>
>
> 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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