If you find you need to turn UAC off try, instead, installing R into %userprofile%\Documents\R\R-2.6.0 (assuming R 2.6.0). I run with UAC *on* although actually I was able to run R with UAC on even with R in c:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.0. It was only R CMD CHECK/INSTALL that was a problem and even that I am not so sure really needed the step of relocating R to %userprofile%\... since I tried so many things and it might have been something else.
Also see my post here: https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2007-September/046830.html On 9/7/07, Dominick Samperi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Difford wrote: > > Hi Dominick, > > > > No offence intended, but I have been running R (presently 2.5.1.patched) on > > a Vista (Home Basic) machine without a hitch since March 2007. Initially I > > had to turn off "User Account Control" to install new packages, but that was > > a known issue. I still run it that way, though it's not necessary anymore > > (to have a truly smooth R). You really don't need it switched on if you > > have decent anti-virus stuff &c. > > > > Regards, > > Mark Difford. > > > Yes, I found the UAC trick, and the fact that most people turn it off > suggests to me that the > security policy was not executed very well. I agree with Uwe that my > posting was a bit off topic, having > more to do with Windows Vista hacks than with R, but I thought this > mailing list is read by > technical/developer types who might appreciate my comments. > > I don't think you will find any info about WinZip/ZipGenius > compatibility issues in the > Windows Vista docs, and the main purpose of my posting was to share what > I learned > with this mailing list. But by all means for R packaging purposes > everyone should use > the approved/tested zip that is part of Brian Ripley's Rtools collection. > > I'll have to remember to stay on topic in the future. > > Dominick > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
