Re: [R] Difficulty Installing Packages

2017-08-27 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
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

2017-08-27 Thread Jeff Newmiller
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

2017-08-26 Thread Uwe Ligges
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