[R] Unable to load packages RODBC and RODBCext in R

[Jeff Newmiller]

The messages tell you that the package files were successfully downloaded and extracted, but could not be added to the package library. Try making sure all instances of R are closed down before running the install.packages function. Also, just to be clear, avoid running R "As Administrator" under Windows unless you plan to fix the resulting mess yourself. 
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On September 12, 2017 10:58:14 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
>I don't use Windows, but this looks like a Windows permissions issue,
>no?
>
>You could try moving them yourself manually or create another library
>directory that R can access to put them in.
>
>... or wait and hope for advice from someone who uses Windows to give
>you a
>definitive answer.
>
>Cheers,
>Bert
>
>
>
>Bert Gunter
>
>"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>and
>sticking things into it."
>-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
>On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Hope you are doing great. I am currently using R version 3.4.1
>("Single
>> Candle") and was trying to install packages RODBC and RODBCext using
>the
>> following steps:
>>
>> > install.packages("RODBCext")
>> Installing package into
>‘C:/Users/PaulBernal/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’
>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>> also installing the dependency ‘RODBC’
>>
>> trying URL '
>>
>https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/RODBC_1.3-15.zip'
>> Content type 'application/zip' length 831635 bytes (812 KB)
>> downloaded 812 KB
>>
>> trying URL '
>>
>https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/RODBCext_0.3.1.zip
>> '
>> Content type 'application/zip' length 276687 bytes (270 KB)
>> downloaded 270 KB
>>
>> package ‘RODBC’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> Warning: unable to move temporary installation
>>
>‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\filedd64ac13805\RODBC’
>to
>> ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\RODBC’ # I dont
>> understand
>> this Warning message I mean why was it unable to move a previous
>> installation?
>> package ‘RODBCext’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> Warning: unable to move temporary installation
>> ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\
>> filedd6447315795\RODBCext’
>> to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\RODBCext’
>>
>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>
>> C:\Users\PaulBernal\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk7SkD5\downloaded_packages
>>
>> > library("RODBC")
>> Error in library("RODBC") : there is no package called ‘RODBC’
>>
>> > library("RODBCext")
>> Error in library("RODBCext") : there is no package called ‘RODBCext’
>>
>> If packages RODBC and RODBCext were successfully installed, why am I
>not
>> able to load those packages?
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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