[R] unidentifiable problem..

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 26/01/2010 5:32 PM, Jonathan wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
>    I tried:
>  
>  > browseURL("http://www.r-project.org <http://www.r-project.org/>")
> Error in shell.exec(url) : access to 'http://www.r-project.org 
> <http://www.r-project.org/>' denied
>  
> As you can see, that elicited a similar error.  I'm running R 
> version 2.10.1 (I uninstalled my old version of R and reinstalled a 
> fresh copy today before emailing the list).
>  
> I installed MySQL, but I get the same error. 
>  
> My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit.
>  
> Any ideas?

It looks like a permissions problem, your R is hardly allowed to do 
anything.  Did you run the installer as administrator, or with your 
regular user permissions?

Duncan Murdoch

>  
> Best,
> Jonathan
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca 
> <mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     On 26/01/2010 4:54 PM, Jonathan wrote:
> 
>         Hi All,
>            My R installation is acting strangely and I'm hoping somebody
>         might have
>         an idea what's going on:
> 
> 
>     You need to give more details.  Which R version?  (If less than
>     2.10.1, install that and try again.)  Do you have MySQL installed on
>     that machine?  (If not, install it.) Which Windows version are you
>     using? Are you able to open other URLs from R, e.g. does
> 
>     browseURL("http://www.r-project.org <http://www.r-project.org/>")
> 
>     work?
> 
>     Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
>         I can't seem to load the "RMySQL" function.  It seems to have
>         installed
>         without a problem, but when I enter:
> 
>         library(RMySQL)
> 
>         R tells me:
>         Error in utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive = "HLM",
>         maxdepth =
>         2) :
>          Registry key 'SOFTWARE\MySQL AB' not found
>         Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL'
>         Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL'
> 
> 
>         Moreover,
>         If I try to get information about a function (fisher exact test, for
>         example) by typing:
>         ?fisher.test
> 
>         R tells me:
>         Error in shell.exec(url) :
>          access to
>         'http://127.0.0.1:12625/library/stats/html/fisher.test.html'
>         denied
>         If I manually open, in a web browser, the html file whose
>         address is given,
>         I can see and read the document.
> 
>         I'm wondering whether there is some kind of problem with the
>         registry (any
>         ideas at all welcome).
> 
>         Thanks,
>         Jon
> 
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