[R] Keep on getting message errors when trying to install and load packages

[Leslie Rutkowski]

Hi Paul,

I recently ran into file path conflicts and found the following useful
(looks like you already know the answer to 1.):

1.       Use .libPaths() to find where packages are being stored.

2.       To change this path: Control Panel > search “View advanced system
settings” > Environment Variables *button *>

a.       *Edit* current R_LIBS_USER to new file path

b.      *New* R_LIBS_USER with desired file path

3.       Restart machine.

Good luck!

Leslie

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Thierry Onkelinx <thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be>
wrote:

> Dear Paul,
>
> Maybe some of the packages were installed by a user with admin rights
> and you are installing them with a user how has no admin rights. Thus
> you have no rights to remove the files created by the admin user.
>
> We made clear to our IT departement that they only may install R and
> not additional packages. We also tell them to set the environment
> variable R_LIBS_USER to C:/R/library and make sure that the user has
> full rights to that folder. All user installed packages will go in
> that folder. A side effect is that all packages remain available after
> an upgrade of R.
>
> Best regards,
>
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> 2017-09-20 16:16 GMT+02:00 Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at gmail.com>:
> > Dear R friends,
> >
> > I am currently using Windows 8, 64-bit operating system, x64-based
> > processor. I have installed R version 3.4.1 "Single Candle".
> >
> > Also, I have several packages installed in this path:
> >
> > C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4
> >
> > Plus some other packages installed in this other path:
> >
> > C:\Users\PaulBernal\Desktop\DESTOP FILES\R Books
> > C:\Users\PaulBernal\Desktop\DESTOP FILES\RPackagesNEW
> >
> >
> > And I have installed R in the following path:
> >
> > C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.1
> >
> > Whenever I try to install an R package the following error messages are
> > displayed in the R console:
> >
> >> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> > package ‘readstata13’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\
> file2f747105765\readstata13’
> > to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\readstata13’
> >
> >> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> > package ‘Hmisc’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\file2f744781797d\Hmisc’
> to
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\Hmisc’
> >
> > package ‘readr’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > package ‘hms’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\file2f742a8422fe\hms’
> to
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\hms’
> > package ‘Hmisc’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\file2f7456645222\Hmisc’
> to
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\Hmisc’
> > package ‘haven’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\file2f746f04773d\haven’
> to
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\haven’
> > package ‘readstata13’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\
> file2f741507f27\readstata13’
> > to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\readstata13’
> > package ‘readxl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\
> file2f74271b1a7a\readxl’
> > to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\readxl’
> > package ‘RcmdrMisc’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> > Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> > ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\
> file2f7419e243c1\RcmdrMisc’
> > to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\RcmdrMisc’
> >
> > Do I have to put all the packages in the same path where I installed R?
> > Could this be happening because I have packages installed in several
> > folders with several paths? Should I consolidate and put all packages in
> a
> > single location?
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul
> >
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