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

Thierry Onkelinx thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be
Thu Sep 21 16:02:38 CEST 2017


Dear Paul,

We install R in C:/R/R-x.y.z and packages in C:/R/library. This makes
the packages location independent from the R version.

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Statisticus/ Statiscian

Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders
INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE
AND FOREST
Team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / Team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
thierry.onkelinx op inbo.be
Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussel
www.inbo.be

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2017-09-21 15:08 GMT+02:00 Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 op gmail.com>:
> Dear Leslie and Thierry,
>
> Thank you so much for your kind and extremely valuable replies. Only one
> doubt remains, which path do you think is the best option to store
> downloaded packages? Should I set it up so that all installed packages are
> in the same folder (path) that I installed R? Or can I simply set it up so
> that all installed packages are stored in a different path?
>
> Again, thank you guys for all your support,
>
> Have an amazing day,
>
> Paul
>
> 2017-09-21 3:41 GMT-05:00 Leslie Rutkowski <leslie.rutkowski op gmail.com>:
>>
>> 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 op 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,
>>>
>>> ir. Thierry Onkelinx
>>> Statisticus/ Statiscian
>>>
>>> Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders
>>> INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE
>>> AND FOREST
>>> Team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / Team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
>>> thierry.onkelinx op inbo.be
>>> Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussel
>>> www.inbo.be
>>>
>>>
>>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>> To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no
>>> more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be
>>> able to say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
>>> The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner
>>> The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does
>>> not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body
>>> of data. ~ John Tukey
>>>
>>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>>
>>>
>>> Van 14 tot en met 19 december 2017 verhuizen we uit onze vestiging in
>>> Brussel naar het Herman Teirlinckgebouw op de site Thurn & Taxis.
>>> Vanaf dan ben je welkom op het nieuwe adres: Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000
>>> Brussel.
>>>
>>>
>>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-09-20 16:16 GMT+02:00 Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 op 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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>>> >
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