[R] update packages with R on Vista: error

[Stefan Grosse]

I was pointed at that my message might be considered as impolite. It was
not intended so. I was just trying to formulate that there should be
some improvement since the solutions offered were either not optimal for
me (disabling security features) or where not working (FAQ).

I apologize for any possible inconvenience caused by my frustration
spiced up possibly with my inabilities.

Stefan

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Subject: Re:[R] update packages with R on Vista: error
From: Stefan Grosse <singularitaet at gmx.net>
To: R. Villegas <villegas.ro at gmail.com>
Date: 08.06.2007 11:07
> Thanks for pointing at this. But you know, the user is writable. R is
> installing Packages in /Documents/R/win-library which works fine so I
> find it absolutely naturally that update should work as well. Especially
> since when I install the packages it gets the latest version, library
> loads this latest version but update still does want to update this
> latest package with the package I already installed and fails ...
>
> In my opinion the update on windows is simply buggy.
>
> I think one should definitely not turn UAC off. ( its a good security
> feature). Btw. MikTeX 2.6 is able to deal with UAC - I can update my
> latex packages without any problems even though they are in the Program
> File directory (and also on-the-fly installation does work) ...
>
> Stefan
>