Here are the error messages:
> install.packages('plotrix')
Warning in install.packages("plotrix") :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/dbae/Library/R/library'
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Error in .install.macbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl,
:
unable to create temporary directory '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages'
In addition: Warning message:
In dir.create(tmpd) :
cannot create dir '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages', reason 'No such
file or directory'
I can't understand this. Surely install.packages can create the necessary
directories if it needs them. I thought there might be a problem of
permissions, so
I tried the following csh commands on my Mac:
Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /tmp
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Aug 7 2008 /tmp@ -> private/tmp
Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -ld /private/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 19 root wheel 646 Sep 22 09:13 /private/tmp/
Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /private/tmp
total 48
drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:41 502/
drwxr-xr-x 2 rona wheel 68 Sep 21 16:25 506/
drwxrwxrwx 5 dbae wheel 170 Sep 20 16:47 FLEXnet/
-rw-r--r-- 1 _usbmuxd wheel 0 Sep 18 15:38 MobileDevice.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 1185 Sep 20 22:39 alm.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 2928 Sep 20 22:39 amt.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 0 Sep 20 16:47 cs_cache_lock_502
-rw-r--r-- 1 security wheel 0 Sep 21 13:37 cs_cache_lock_92
drwxr-xr-x 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:10 hsperfdata_dbae/
-rw------- 1 nobody wheel 36 Sep 22 10:51
objc_sharing_ppc_4294967294
-rw------- 1 dbae wheel 324 Sep 22 11:03 objc_sharing_ppc_502
-rw------- 1 rona wheel 84 Sep 21 18:23 objc_sharing_ppc_506
-rw------- 1 security wheel 24 Sep 22 09:13 objc_sharing_ppc_92
drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 13 20:04 ssh-6v6iI1izHg/
Thanks for any help.
David
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