Re: [R] Difficulty Installing Packages

And also to the initial error message I suggest the message be revised to say " unable to move temporary installation. Please close all running R instances, and try again from a fresh 'R --vanilla' instance" On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > I think that this response s

Re: [R] Difficulty Installing Packages

I think that this response should be added to R for Windows FAQ 3.5. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On August 26, 2017 11:45:55 PM PDT, Uwe Ligges wrote: >On Windows, if you load a dll, this is locked. >Hence, for package installations, close all R instances, start one >witho

Re: [R] Difficulty Installing Packages

On Windows, if you load a dll, this is locked. Hence, for package installations, close all R instances, start one without loading packages and then update packages. Best, Uwe Ligges On 26.08.2017 15:18, Bill Denney wrote: Hi, When installing packages in Windows (currently using Windo

[R] Difficulty Installing Packages

Hi, When installing packages in Windows (currently using Windows 10 with all service packs), occasionally, I get a warning similar to the following: package 'Rcpp' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Warning in install.packages : unable to move temporary installation 'C:\Users\Wi