[R] installing packages

[Uwe Ligges]

On 21.03.2016 22:07, James Henson wrote:
> Dear R community,
>
> When I install or update a package, R prints the waring below.  I go to the
> ‘downloaded_packages’ folder in the Temp file and manually move the new or
> updated package to the folder ‘3.2’.   How can I instruct R to download new
> and updates packages into the ‘3.2’ folder?
>
> Warning in install.packages :
>
>    unable to move temporary installation
> ‘C:\Users\james_henson\Desktop\Documents\R\win-library\3.2\file1c5c6f1731c8\nlme’
> to ‘C:\Users\james_henson\Desktop\Documents\R\win-library\3.2\nlme


I guess you had nlme loaded? Start a fresh R without loading nlme, then 
R should be able to move the temp installation.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

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> The downloaded binary packages are in
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> C:\Users\james_henson\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpIZmUa3\downloaded_packages
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> Thank for your help.
>
> James F. Henson
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