[R] R doesn't want to update packages (Windows 7)

[Dimitri Liakhovitski]

BTW - I did not install it in any special Windows area - I installed
it wherever the default too me.

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> See
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Does-R-run-under-Windows-Vista_003f
>
> which does cover this.  Most likely you need to 'Run as Administrator'.
>
> There's lot of other useful information in that FAQ that you would do to
> familiarize yourself with.
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I've just installed R 2.11.1 on my new home PC. Just the base R. My PC
>> has Windows 7.
>> R was installed in C / Program Files (x86) / R - R-2.11.1
>>
>> Then - through the menue - I went to Update packages, chose the mirror
>> and R detected the few packages that needed to be updated. After I
>> clicked on OK I got the following error message:
>>
>>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
>>
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
>> contriburl = contriburl,  :
>>  'lib = "C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-211~1.1/library"' is not writable
>> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
>> contriburl = contriburl,  :
>>  unable to install packages
>>
>> I've tried several times, then uninstalled R and reinstalled it. Same
>> problem.
>> Can it be because R is installed in Program Files (x86) and not in
>> Program Files (I have both folders)?
>
> Not at all, assuming you installed a 32-bit version of R (you didn't tell
> us).  It *is* because you installed in a special Windows area.
>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>> Ninah Consulting
>> www.ninah.com
>>
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Dimitri Liakhovitski
Ninah Consulting
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