Re: [R] R install/libraries

2017-01-09 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I have noticed a behavior where if I update a package with dependencies, sometimes it fails and the package that was outdated but installed is no longer installed. Once I run install.packages again, it usually seems to work just fine. I have not noticed that base packages are more susceptible to

Re: [R] R install/libraries

2017-01-09 Thread Jeff Newmiller
You seem to have shafted yourself by thinking you need to run R as administrator... ever. Use Run as Administrator to run the command line and delete your My Documents/R folder and then exit that command line and stay out of it and don't run R as administrator again, because by doing so you pre

[R] R install/libraries

2017-01-08 Thread Chris
I'd appreciate a tip on (re-)installing libraries for R on my windows machine  I have a windows (Windows 7)  computer and a recent version of R installed (3.3.2).  I discovered that when I install R libraries they install to the "my documents" folder rather than to "program files"This seems to al