I think that would be a mistake, since R itself works just fine there. Your error has to do with the location of your default user library, not the software or its base library.
If you set R_LIBS_USER to a directory without spaces you should be fine. I suspect you can use the 8.3 directory notation visible when you use DIR/x at the CMD command line to even refer to the default library location in your Documents directory if you want. On October 12, 2018 9:46:09 AM PDT, Alexander Nervedi <alexne...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi Michael, > >I think you are spot on. Haven't resolved the issue yet. Here is what i >get: > >> utils:::menuInstallLocal() >* installing *source* package 'survey' ... >** package 'survey' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >** R >** data >** inst >** preparing package for lazy loading >** help >*** installing help indices >** building package indices >** installing vignettes >** testing if installed package can be loaded >*** arch - i386 >Fatal error: cannot open file 'D:\Users\Al': No such file or directory > >*** arch - x64 >Fatal error: cannot open file 'D:\Users\Al': No such file or directory > >ERROR: loading failed for 'i386', 'x64' >* removing 'D:/Users/Al Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/survey' >Warning messages: >1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.1/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l >"D:\Users\Al Nerdi\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" >"D:/downloads/survey_3.34.tar.gz"' had status 1 >2: In install.packages(files[tarballs], .libPaths()[1L], repos = NULL, >: >installation of package ‘D:/downloads/survey_3.34.tar.gz’ had non-zero >exit status >> > >I think i might have to reinstall R in the root directly (rather than >under program files) so that there are no spaces in path names. > >Thanks for the pointer, > >best wishes, >Alnerdi > >________________________________ >From: Michael Dewey <li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk> >Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 4:33 AM >To: Alexander Nervedi; r-help@R-project.org >Subject: Re: [R] install issue with survey package? > >Dear Al > >It looks like the problem may be the embedded space in Al Nerdi > >What happens if you manually download the tar.gz file, put it somewhere >convenient and then from the commend line run > >R CMD INSTALL survey_3.34.tar.gz > >You will need to make sure R is on your path first > >Michael > >On 12/10/2018 09:31, Alexander Nervedi wrote: >> Have been trying to run a few packages with dependency on the survey >package (e.g. twang) and have run into trouble that I am not sure how >to resolve. Any help would be appreciated, the code (and error >messages) are below: >> >> --- R log begins --- >>> install.packages("survey") >> Installing package into �D:/Users/Al >Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5� >> (as �lib� is unspecified) >> >> There is a binary version available but the source version is >later: >> binary source needs_compilation >> survey 3.33-2 3.34 FALSE >> >> installing the source package �survey� >> >> trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB) >> downloaded 1.4 MB >> >> Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al' >> Warning: invalid package >'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz' >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> In R CMD INSTALL >> Warning in install.packages : >> installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status >> >> The downloaded source packages are in >> �D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages� >> >>> install.packages("twang") >> Installing package into �D:/Users/Al >Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5� >> (as �lib� is unspecified) >> also installing the dependencies �gbm�, �survey� >> >> >> There is a binary version available but the source version is >later: >> binary source needs_compilation >> survey 3.33-2 3.34 FALSE >> >> trying URL >'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/gbm_2.1.4.zip' >> Content type 'application/zip' length 1094087 bytes (1.0 MB) >> downloaded 1.0 MB >> >> trying URL >'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/twang_1.5.zip' >> Content type 'application/zip' length 1516991 bytes (1.4 MB) >> downloaded 1.4 MB >> >> package �gbm� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> package �twang� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> >> The downloaded binary packages are in >> D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages >> installing the source package �survey� >> >> trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB) >> downloaded 1.4 MB >> >> Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al' >> Warning: invalid package >'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz' >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> In R CMD INSTALL >> Warning in install.packages : >> installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status >> >> The downloaded source packages are in >> �D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages� >>> library(twang) >> Loading required package: gbm >> Loaded gbm 2.1.4 >> Error: package �survey� required by �twang� could not be found >> >>> R.Version() >> $`platform` >> [1] "x86_64-w64-mingw32" >> >> $arch >> [1] "x86_64" >> >> $os >> [1] "mingw32" >> >> $system >> [1] "x86_64, mingw32" >> >> $status >> [1] "" >> >> $major >> [1] "3" >> >> $minor >> [1] "5.1" >> >> $year >> [1] "2018" >> >> $month >> [1] "07" >> >> $day >> [1] "02" >> >> $`svn rev` >> [1] "74947" >> >> $language >> [1] "R" >> >> $version.string >> [1] "R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)" >> >> $nickname >> [1] "Feather Spray" >> >> --- R log ends --- >> >> I am not sure how to address this. Any suggestions will be great! >> >> Grazie, >> >> Al Nerdi >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. >> > >-- >Michael >http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.