[R-SIG-Mac] Error updating packages

[Simon Urbanek]

Ista,

can you send me the output of
ls -l /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/

and
ls -ld `find /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/lattice`

please? (assuming you didn't touch lattice since the error).

If the permissions changed for some reason, you can restore the CRAN  
defaults by running

sudo chown -R root:admin /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
sudo chmod -R ug+w /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources

Thanks,
Simon



On Feb 29, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Ista Zahn wrote:

> Thank you for the quick response Simon. Unfortunately I'm still  
> having problems. When I try to run update using the GUI (after  
> clicking on the lock in the GUI and authenticating) I get a message  
> saying that it is "not possible to install binary packages from a  
> remote repository as root."
>
> I've tried starting R from the terminal as root (sudo R) and issuing  
> the update.packages() command, but I still get the "cannot remove  
> prior installation" error.
>
> I've even tried modifying the permissions on /Library/Frameworks/ 
> R.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/library, without effect.
>
> This is actually even more worrisome than I first thought, because  
> after the installation fails I find that the package that cannot be  
> removed is no longer installed! For example, after the first error  
> the boot package was no longer installed. When I reissued the  
> update.packages command again the error message skipped to the next  
> package in the list (i.e., "Error: cannot remove prior installation  
> of package ‘lattice’").
>
> I was able to reinstall boot and lattice without incident, but I'm  
> finding the whole business  very strange.
>
> Thanks again for the quick response, and for any additional help you  
> might be able to offer.
> -Ista
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Ista Zahn wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> When I try to update packages I get an error saying
>>>
>>> Error: cannot remove prior installation of package ‘boot’
>>>
>>> This happens both when I use the GUI and when I issue
>>> update.packages() from the command prompt. Does anyone know what the
>>> problem might be? I'm running R 2.6.2 on OS X 10.5.2.
>>>
>>
>> It is highly likely that you don't have enough permissions to  
>> delete the "boot" package. Login as admin and/or root and remove  
>> the package. Alternatively, if you are admin, you can authorize as  
>> root (by clicking on the lock in the R GUI toolbar) and perform the  
>> upgrade. Be sure to de-authorize after you're done (by clicking on  
>> the lock symbol again).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>
>