[R] Regarding Vista

[John Kane]

--- Dieter Menne <dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de> wrote:

>  <gyadav <at> ccilindia.co.in> writes:
> 
> > 
> > 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.

As a somewhat desperate workaround try installing R on
a USB and see if you can run if from there.  I have
2.4.1 on a USB and it seems to work fine albeit a bit 
more slowly than from the hard drive.  


> The general recommendation in the FAQ Prof. Ripley
> mentions works for me; so
> does switching of User Account Control (english?)
> totally. This may not be
> feasible for you on a corporate laptop. I tried the
> following method: Download
> the updates locally, remove the chm folder, install
> from local zip file. Works
> for some packages, but when a DLL is included, the
> story starts again, and you
> cannot remove these. 
> 
> So, sorry, currently no simple solution for
> corporate laptops where you don't
> have full rights.
> 
> Dieter
> 
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