This is (mostly) normal. The R software comes with an initial set of packages that are kept in the Program Files directory, which is only modifiable using administrator privileges. If you are running your machine just for you (as most people do) then I highly advise accepting the option during installation to create a local R packages library in your Documents directory. Then you can manage packages without using Administrative privileges that are complicated to keep straight. Your local packages will by default override the ones that originally came with the software so you can upgrade packages frequently without messing with admin privileges. (I recommend avoiding starting any program with administrator privileges unless you have been trained how to use that privilege. Windows can prompt you for those cases where you really need it. Failing to heed this advice will lead to you needing to use Administrator privileges for many things that should not require it, and eventually the
only thing that can fix it is reinstalling your operating system.)
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On December 28, 2014 8:12:37 AM PST, Iskender Karagul <huseyiniskenderkaragul at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear All,
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>I am a very fresh user of R platform. I completed the download of R for
>Windows, from the http://cran.r-project.org/ Web address.
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>After opening the program I wanted to Go to Packages Tab and firstly
>Set
>CRAN mirror and then Install Package(s). However, I saw a statement in
>the
>console like below:
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>Warning in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA,
>type
>=type) : 'lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.1.2/library"' is not writable.
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>Am I skipping a stage in this very early stage of R or am I just doing
>something wrong?
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>Would you please help me to successfully complete download process so
>that I
>can start improing my R skills?
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>What shall I do after just downloading R before I can make it work?
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>I would like to thank all the R contributors and R society for all of
>their
>efforts.
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>Kind Regards,
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>Dr. Iskender KARAG�L
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