[R] Warning message: cannot create HTML package index

[Leo]

On 06/07/2007, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Leo wrote:
>
>> I have set R_LIBS=~/R_lib as I don't have root access.
>>
>> The following message shown up every time after installing a package:
>>
>>  ......
>>  The downloaded packages are in
>>  	/tmp/RtmpBoIPoz/downloaded_packages
>>  Warning message:
>>  cannot create HTML package index in: tools:::unix.packages.html(.Library)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> It is a correct warning.  What is the problem with being warned?
>
> R tries to maintain an HTML page of installed packages, but you don't have 
> permission to update it.

Where is that HTML page located on a GNU/Linux system?

Is it possible to maintain a user HTML page of installed packages?

Thanks,
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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)