Correct - only to update packages, not for regular use. Thanks a lot for the references! Dimitri
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Henrik Bengtsson <h...@stat.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Just to clarify to the OP (and please correct me if I'm wrong), > > having to run as admin should only be needed when you have to *update* > (update.packages()) the so called recommend packages (comes with R) > that sits under 'Program Files'. If you don't run as admin and try > to *install* (install.packages()) any other package from, say, CRAN, R > will automatically offer to install new package in your user account > where you do have write permission, e.g. > C:/Users/foo/Documents/R/win64-library/2.12/. This should also be > covered by the aforementioned FAQ. > > Thus, unless you have to update recommended packages, you do not have > to run R as admin everytime - it is safer not to. > > /Henrik > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > wrote: >> See >> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Does-R-run-under-Windows-Vista_003f >> >> which does cover this. Most likely you need to 'Run as Administrator'. >> >> There's lot of other useful information in that FAQ that you would do to >> familiarize yourself with. >> >> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I've just installed R 2.11.1 on my new home PC. Just the base R. My PC >>> has Windows 7. >>> R was installed in C / Program Files (x86) / R - R-2.11.1 >>> >>> Then - through the menue - I went to Update packages, chose the mirror >>> and R detected the few packages that needed to be updated. After I >>> clicked on OK I got the following error message: >>> >>>> update.packages(ask='graphics') >>> >>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- >>> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, >>> contriburl = contriburl, : >>> 'lib = "C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-211~1.1/library"' is not writable >>> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, >>> contriburl = contriburl, : >>> unable to install packages >>> >>> I've tried several times, then uninstalled R and reinstalled it. Same >>> problem. >>> Can it be because R is installed in Program Files (x86) and not in >>> Program Files (I have both folders)? >> >> Not at all, assuming you installed a 32-bit version of R (you didn't tell >> us). It *is* because you installed in a special Windows area. >> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> -- >>> Dimitri Liakhovitski >>> Ninah Consulting >>> www.ninah.com >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > -- Dimitri Liakhovitski Ninah Consulting www.ninah.com ______________________________________________ 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.
