On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Joanna Papakonstantinou <joanna.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I installed R on my Windows laptop in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2 > > and am able to open RGUI (640bit), see packages and run commands. However, > when I test the installation and run the basic tests and all the tests on > the standard and recommended packages i.e.: > > library("tools") > > testInstalledBasic("both") > > testInstalledPackages("base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) > > testInstalledPackages("recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) > > > > I am getting errors such as: > > > testInstalledPackages("base",errorsAreFatal=FALSE) > > Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory > > > > my working driectory is: > >>getwd() > > [1] "C:/Users/jpapa/Documents" > In which I see R folder as well as the .rData from my last session. > > what does the wd have to do with the output directory? Do I need to create > an output directory? DO I need to setwd(outDir)? > > do i need to change the wd (for example to the Pogram Files directory where > R is installed or to another directory I need to create? if so, how do I do > this? > > > > > > i also noticed that i have packages in > > \library ‘C:/Users/jpapa/Documents/R/win-library/2.15’ > > and in library ‘C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/library’. > > Do all packages need to be in one place? If so, should they be in my > Documents or in Program Files?
Its likely trying to write in the C:\Program Files tree but lacks permission. Run R with Administrator permissions or re-install R elsewhere, e.g. C:\R -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.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.