[R] package update

[Uwe Ligges]

On 08.05.2011 19:54, eric wrote:
> I tried to update my packages using update.packages()
>
> I got the following message:
>
> The downloaded packages are in
> 	‘/tmp/RtmpyDYdTX/downloaded_packages’
> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl =
> contriburl,  :
>    'lib = "/usr/lib/R/library"' is not writable
> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl =
> contriburl,  :
>    unable to install package
>
> How do I fix this ?

If you want to update packages in R's default library in 
/usr/lib/R/library, you will need root permissions.

Uwe Ligges



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