[R] Regarding Vista

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please to both of you: check the advice in the R 2.5.0 alpha version of 
the rw-FAQ.  That has worked for everyone else who has reported a problem 
with installing packages on Vista.

I've placed a copy online at
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/R/rw-FAQ.html
specifically
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/R/rw-FAQ.html#I-don_0027t-have-permission-to-write-to-the-R_002d2_002e5_002e0alpha_005clibrary-directory

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, gyadav at ccilindia.co.in wrote:

>
> *Sorry for duplicate post - i forgot to tell the error
>
>
> Hi Dieter,
>
> I am facing the same problem in my case. R 2.4.1 have installed
> successfully, but when i try to install the packages from a local zip
> file. It gives the following error message.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> Error in zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : cannot open file 'C:/Program
> Files/R/R-2.4.1/library/file5d2b5841/aaMI/chtml/aaMI.chm'
>>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Please tell me how to install the packages in a corporate environment. I
> mean i could not understand your reply, may you be a bit more elaborate so
> that i can fix up the problem in my corporate laptop.
>
> Thanks in advance
> -gaurav
>
>
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> Dieter Menne <dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de>
> Sent by: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> 30-03-07 12:32 AM
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> To
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> Subject
> Re: [R] Regarding Vista
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> <christian.ritter <at> shell.com> writes:
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>> The Vista issue is not innocent as it threatens the life of R within
> large
> corporations. So any posts on how R
>> runs under Vista and what has to be done to make it work and what cannot
> be
> done etc will be very useful.
>
> Main problem seems to be the installation of chm-files when upgrading. I
> had to
> switch off all security mechanisms to get it done. Which is probably not
> what
> you would like to have in a corporate environment.
>
> As a temporary workaround, it would probably be best to optionally disable
> chm
> installation. Or do a poll if is is required, after all it's considered a
> legacy
> format nowadays.
>
> Dieter
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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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