install.packages Bug? (PR#7876)
This is a Windows error message, not an R error. Do you have some pre-existing installation in that directory? It is not something we can reproduce. The 2.1.0 message bug was fixed a while back.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 martin.posch@univie.ac.at wrote:
Full_Name: Martin Posch Version: 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 patched OS: Windows XP SP2 Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.1.135) When installing the Hmisc package using the install option in the RGUI I get the error message under both R 2.1.0 and R 2.1.0 patched (see the outputs below). I tried the install after a fresh reboot (to minimize the possibility of locked up files). The same problem arises with some of the other packages. I use a german Windows version but set the RGUI-language to english (setting the environment variable LC_all to "en". ********************************************************************************* R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Version 2.1.0 (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R.
utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.1/Hmisc_3.0-5.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 1954673 bytes opened URL downloaded 1908Kb package 'Hmisc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in sprintf(gettext("unable to move temp installation '%d' to '%s'"), : use format %s for character objects
********************************************************************************** R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Version 2.1.0 Patched (2005-05-14), ISBN 3-900051-07-0 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R.
utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.1/Hmisc_3.0-5.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 1954673 bytes opened URL downloaded 1908Kb package 'Hmisc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded packages are in C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Admin\Lokale Einstellungen\Temp\Rtmp20068\downloaded_packages updating HTML package descriptions Warning message: unable to move temp installation 'C:/Programme/R/rw2010pat/library\file29532/Hmisc' to 'C:/Programme/R/rw2010pat/library/Hmisc'
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