By the way, just to be clear when I wrote %userprofile% I meant that you should replace that with the value of %userprofile%
set u at the Windows console will show it. On 10/6/07, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found that installing R into %userprofile%\Documents\R and placing the > source packages I was developing there too solved my > permissions problems. R automatically created a > %userprofile%\Documents\R\win-library\2.6 > folder for my library and put packages that I was installing from CRAN > in it. In R I can now do this: > setwd("~/R") > to get to that directory > > On 10/6/07, Thanjavur Bragadeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I run windows vista ultimate in my laptop and run R 2.5 > > > > I am trying to update the packages but it comes up with an error message > > > > ""Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, > > contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib' is not writable > > Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = > > contriburl, : unable to install packages" > > > > I am the adminsitrator on this computer and logged in as administrator. > > > > can anyone advise. I treid to switch off most security - windows firewall > > is off and so is macfee. > > > > > > many thanks for your advise > > > > bragadeesh > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble > > challenge with star power. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.