[R] Problem in Installing Package from CRAN...

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Do you have write permission in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1090/library?  If not (and 
it seems not), then you need to install elsewhere.

This *is* covered in the rw-FAQ: please consult the posting guide.


On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Yao, Minghua wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I have installed R 1.9.0 under Windows XP. When I used 
>  
> "Packages->Install Package(s) from CRAN..." to install the package 'gregmisc', I got this message:
>  
> > local({a <- CRAN.packages()
> + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a)})
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/PACKAGES'
> Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 17113 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 16Kb
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/gregmisc_0.10.2.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 594089 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 580Kb
> Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], pkgnames[okp], lib, installWithVers) : 
>         Unable to create temp directory C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1090/library\file2869
> > 
>  
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>  
> Minghua
> 
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