[Rd] Package (PR#13475)

[Uwe Ligges]

S Ellison wrote:
> I had the same normalizePath error recently on a new laptop, with a fresh
> install of R 2.8.1 and an attempt to install lme4. First attempt:
> package 'Matrix' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error in normalizePath(path) : 
>   path[1]: The system cannot find the file specified
> 
> Second attempt:
> 
> package 'Matrix' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'mlmRev' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'MEMSS' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'lme4' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error in normalizePath(path) : 
>   path[1]: The system cannot find the file specified
> 
> 
> The irreproducibility made me wonder... so I turned off Norton's
> auto-protect, which has a habit of scanning files on the fly when requested
> and that often delays file opening. The error disappeared, at least that
> once and for subsequent installations of NADA and the much larger rggobi
> install.
 >
> The main reason for logging this post is to suggest a posible cause and
> workround. But if it does turn out to be a consistent issue, perhaps it
> would be worth checking for timeout issues related to normalizePath or
> related routines in a future update?

Well, you need to ask Symantec to fix Norton, hence this is the wrong 
address.

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges




> S
> 
> 
> Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
>> On 1/27/2009 10:15 AM, partho_bhowmick at ml.com wrote:
>>> Full_Name: Partho Bhowmick
>>> Version: 2.8.1
>>> OS: Windows XP
>>> Submission from: (NULL) (199.43.48.131)
>>>
>>>
>>> While trying to install package sn (I have tried multiple mirrors),
>>> I get the following message
>>>
>>> trying URL
>>> 'http://www.revolution-computing.com/cran/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/sn_0.4-10.zip'
>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 320643 bytes (313 Kb)
>>> opened URL
>>> downloaded 313 Kb
>>>
>>> package 'sn' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>> Error in normalizePath(path) : 
>>>   path[1]: The system cannot find the file specified
>>
>> It works for me.  I suspect it's a permission problem or something 
>> similar on your system.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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