[R] update packages with R on Vista: error

[Stefan Grosse]

Actually the packages R wants to update are: VR, cluster, lattice, mgcv,
nlme and rcompgen. I did how described in the R-Win-FAQ create a
.Renviron File containing the path to the win-library that R already
created (R_LIBS=C: ... ). I also tried to add R_LIBS= as Rgui parameter
from within Tinn-R. Additionally I tried to leave a file named
Renviron.site in the etc library. Nothing worked thus far.

Interestingly installing packages does work fine even without specifying
the R_LIBS path manually with any of the above mentioned methods.

Even more puzzling is that even when I install eg. nlme manually via
install.packages("nlme") it works but R still wants to update it. Even
though e.g. library(nlme), ?nlme shows that the latest version is
installed.

I would guess there is some problem with the library path variable in
the update program...

Stefan


-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Re:[R] update packages with R on Vista: error
From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: Stefan Grosse <singularitaet at gmx.net>
Date: 07.06.2007 13:01
> See the rw-FAQ, which describes this in detail.
>
> Almost certainly you are trying to update the package 'cluster' which
> is in the main library.  But as you used the GUI, we can't see that.
>
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Stefan Grosse wrote:
>
>> Dear R-list,
>>
>> I have encountered the following error message trying to update R
>> packages:
>>
>>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
>> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
>> contriburl = contriburl,  :
>>         'lib' is not writable
>> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl
>> = contriburl,  :
>>        unable to install packages
>>
>> I  remember did not have the problem on the last update where R
>> installed the files then in the Documents/R folder on my user account.
>> Any ideas how to handle this? I made the directories completely writable
>> so I do not know where the problem is now (especially since update
>> worked before...)
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> PS: Tinn-R 1.19.2.3 + R 2.5.0 on Vista Business
>>
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