[R-sig-ME] Problem-installing-package-GlmmADMB

[Ben Bolker]

A few quick points:

(1) I don't think you should need the windows toolchain to install
glmmADMB; it doesn't have any compiled components (it has a
pre-compiled binary "blob" that prevents it from being posted to
CRAN). But try devtools::dr_devtools()
(2) The fact that your error report ends with " --install-tests
Installation failed: cannot change working directory" strongly
suggests that you may have other problems with file permissions, as
romunov suggests
(3) It might be worth trying glmmTMB instead. glmmADMB is still
supported (sort of), but glmmTMB is newer, nearly drop-in compatible
with glmmADMB, faster, and better supported/under more rapid
development.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:59 AM, C. AMAL D. GLELE <altessedac2 using gmail.com> wrote:
> Please, Roman,
> which Windows toolchain  do you mean?
>
> 2018-06-27 15:55 GMT+02:00 romunov <romunov using gmail.com>:
>
>> A shotgun approach to solving this would be to have all R instances closed
>> and make sure you have permission to write. Forgive me if I have not
>> followed this thread from the beginning, but do you have appropriate
>> Windows toolchain installed?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Roman
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:41 PM C. AMAL D. GLELE <altessedac2 using gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Roman.
>>> The problem occurs at the third of the installation steps here:
>>> https://github.com/bbolker/glmmadmb
>>> My 64 bits pc is running under windows 8.1.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Amal
>>>
>>> 2018-06-27 15:24 GMT+02:00 romunov <romunov using gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Please include a bit more information in your problem report. At which
>>>> step the problem occurs?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:11 PM C. AMAL D. GLELE <altessedac2 using gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mollie,
>>>>> many thanks for your reply.
>>>>> These instructions do not work and I get the message below:
>>>>>
>>>>> Downloading GitHub repo bbolker/glmmadmb using master
>>>>> from URL https://api.github.com/repos/bbolker/glmmadmb/zipball/
>>>>> masterInstalling
>>>>> glmmADMB"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-34~1.3/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ
>>>>> --no-save --no-restore  \
>>>>>   --quiet CMD INSTALL  \
>>>>>   "C:/Users/Coliasso/AppData/Local/Temp/Rtmpopho7h/
>>>>> devtools20ec3a7135b9/bbolker-glmmadmb-ac75f73"
>>>>>  \
>>>>>   --library="C:/Users/Coliasso/Documents/R/win-library/3.4"
>>>>> --install-tests Installation failed: cannot change working directory
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-06-27 14:45 GMT+02:00 Mollie Brooks <mollieebrooks using gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi Amal,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Maybe installing from GitHub could work. See instructions here
>>>>> > https://github.com/bbolker/glmmadmb
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If that doesn’t work, please give us more information, like error
>>>>> messages.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Mollie
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > On 27Jun 2018, at 14:42, C. AMAL D. GLELE <altessedac2 using gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Hi, dear all.
>>>>> > > neither
>>>>> > > install.packages("glmmADMB", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>>>>> > >   nor
>>>>> > > install.packages("R2admb")
>>>>> > > install.packages("glmmADMB",
>>>>> > > repos=c("http://glmmadmb.r-forge.r-project.org/repos",
>>>>> > >                         getOption("repos")),
>>>>> > >                 type="source")
>>>>> > > ,
>>>>> > > helps me to intall this package.
>>>>> > > In advance, many thanks for any help.
>>>>> > > Kind regards,
>>>>> > > Amal
>>>>> > >
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