Thanks Eric - I'll follow up with this link. I'd tried some of these things before but I'll keep after it.
Best David On 12/12/2019 9:52 AM, Eric Berger wrote: > Actually there was progress as after it failed it removed the folder > c:/myRlib/callr, which means it had used it. Seems good. > I think you might find the discussion here to be relevant > > https://community.rstudio.com/t/cant-install-package-remotes-when-trying-to-install-devtools/34121 > > Good luck, > Eric > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 6:08 PM David Stevens <david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: >> Thanks Eric - I had tried this and failed with >> >> install.packages('callr',destdir='c:/myRLib') >> Installing package into ‘C:/myRLib’ >> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) >> >> There is a binary version available but the source version is >> later: >> binary source needs_compilation >> callr 3.3.2 3.4.0 FALSE >> >> installing the source package ‘callr’ >> >> trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) >> downloaded 97 KB >> >> * installing *source* package 'callr' ... >> ** package 'callr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> ** using staged installation >> ** R >> ** inst >> ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading >> Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\Users\David': No such file or directory >> >> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'callr' >> * removing 'C:/myRLib/callr' >> Warning in install.packages : >> installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status >> >> I also tried >> >> install.packages('callr',lib='c:/myRLib',destdir='c:/myRLib') >> >> with the same result. There's something more here that I'm unable to >> discover. >> >> Best >> David >> On 12/12/2019 8:56 AM, Eric Berger wrote: >> >> Apparently it does not like that the fact that your user 'David >> Stevens' has a blank. >> Looking at the documentation ?install.packages >> it seems that if you modify your call to something like >> >> install.packages('callr',destdir='C:\tmp') >> >> you might be ok. (caveat: I did not try this) >> >> You should make the directory C:\tmp (or whatever you use instead) >> before you issue this call. >> >> HTH, >> Eric >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:48 PM David Stevens >> <david.stev...@usu.edu><mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: >> >> >> Certain R packages will not install properly on my Windows 10 computer. For >> example, if I >> >> install.packages('callr') >> >> The result is >> >> trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) >> downloaded 97 KB >> >> Warning: invalid package 'C:\Users\David' >> Warning: invalid package >> 'Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI/downloaded_packages/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> Warning in install.packages : >> installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status >> >> The downloaded source packages are in >> ‘C:\Users\David >> Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI\downloaded_packages’ >> >> both using RStudio 1.2.5019 and the Rgui.exe 3.6.2. I look in the download >> folder and the callr_3.4.0.tar.gz is there but the installer can't find it. >> This happens on only a subset of packages I install or update. I assume the >> cause is the space in my name in the c:\users folder. I've been unable to >> locate the environment variable or registry value that routes the tar.gz >> files to this location. Any ideas on how to fix this? This is a relatively >> recent issue (i.e. I never saw it before November - I've used R for ~15 >> years). >> >> Best regards >> >> David Stevens >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org<mailto: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. >> >> >> On 12/12/2019 8:56 AM, Eric Berger wrote: >> >> Apparently it does not like that the fact that your user 'David >> Stevens' has a blank. >> Looking at the documentation ?install.packages >> it seems that if you modify your call to something like >> >> install.packages('callr',destdir='C:\tmp') >> >> you might be ok. (caveat: I did not try this) >> >> You should make the directory C:\tmp (or whatever you use instead) >> before you issue this call. >> >> HTH, >> Eric >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:48 PM David Stevens >> <david.stev...@usu.edu><mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> Certain R packages will not install properly on my Windows 10 computer. For >> example, if I >> >> install.packages('callr') >> >> The result is >> >> trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' >> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) >> downloaded 97 KB >> >> Warning: invalid package 'C:\Users\David' >> Warning: invalid package >> 'Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI/downloaded_packages/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> Warning in install.packages : >> installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status >> >> The downloaded source packages are in >> ‘C:\Users\David >> Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI\downloaded_packages’ >> >> both using RStudio 1.2.5019 and the Rgui.exe 3.6.2. I look in the download >> folder and the callr_3.4.0.tar.gz is there but the installer can't find it. >> This happens on only a subset of packages I install or update. I assume the >> cause is the space in my name in the c:\users folder. I've been unable to >> locate the environment variable or registry value that routes the tar.gz >> files to this location. Any ideas on how to fix this? This is a relatively >> recent issue (i.e. I never saw it before November - I've used R for ~15 >> years). >> >> Best regards >> >> David Stevens >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org<mailto: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. >> >> >> -- >> David K Stevens, PhD, PE >> Environmental Engineering Division >> Civil and Environmental Engineering >> Utah State University >> 8200 Old Main Hill >> Logan, UT 83200-8200 >> (435) 797-3229 >> david.stev...@usu.edu<mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> >> >> [[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. -- David K Stevens, PhD, PE Environmental Engineering Division Civil and Environmental Engineering Utah State University 8200 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 83200-8200 (435) 797-3229 david.stev...@usu.edu ______________________________________________ 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.
