Package Installation in RGui (PR#7262)
I think this is a FAQ, hence not appropriate on ANY mailing list: Please read a) The R for Windows FAQs, Section (currently 3.8) "update.packages() fails" and b) note that VR is a package bundle, hence nothing dubious if library(VR) fails. Also, if package MASS has been loaded, you cannot update the VR bundle. Uwe Ligges
Keith Wong wrote:
In reference to the thread http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/04/10/0859.html I have the same problem updating packages with newly-installed version of released version of R 2.0.1. Previous posts refer to a bug in windows. I wonder if there is a work-around? This probably should go to R-help but it follows on from the post in R-devel. Apologies in advance. OS: Windows XP Professional, with current patches. I have administrator rights. R version 2.0.1 released version (newly re-installed). Problem: update.packages() downloads the binaries, but installation stops with the same error message, and the package to be upgraded disappears entirely: package 'boot' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'cluster' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'foreign' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'KernSmooth' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'nlme' In addition: Warning message: unable to move temp installation 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library\file30867/foreign' to 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library/foreign'
> library(nlme)
Error in library(nlme) : There is no package called 'nlme' Keith
> update.packages()
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes opened URL downloaded 26Kb boot : Version 1.2-20 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 1.2-22 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y VR : Version 7.2-10 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 7.2-12 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y cluster : Version 1.9.6 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 1.9.7 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y foreign : Version 0.8-0 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 0.8-5 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y KernSmooth : Version 2.22-14 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 2.22-15 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y lattice : Version 0.10-14 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 0.10-16 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y nlme : Version 3.1-53 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 3.1-56 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y rpart : Version 3.1-20 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 3.1-22 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y survival : Version 2.15 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library Version 2.16 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/boot_1.2-22.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 767540 bytes opened URL downloaded 749Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/VR_7.2-12.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 1551825 bytes opened URL downloaded 1515Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/cluster_1.9.7.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 472995 bytes opened URL downloaded 461Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/foreign_0.8-5.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 172108 bytes opened URL downloaded 168Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/KernSmooth_2.22-15.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 95039 bytes opened URL downloaded 92Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/lattice_0.10-16.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 650372 bytes opened URL downloaded 635Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/nlme_3.1-56.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 2144937 bytes opened URL downloaded 2094Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/rpart_3.1-22.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 233548 bytes opened URL downloaded 228Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/survival_2.16.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 954786 bytes opened URL downloaded 932Kb package 'boot' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'cluster' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'foreign' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'KernSmooth' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'nlme' In addition: Warning message: unable to move temp installation 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library\file30867/foreign' to 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library/foreign'
> library(nlme)
Error in library(nlme) : There is no package called 'nlme'
> library(lattice) > library(boot)
Attaching package 'boot':
The following object(s) are masked from package:lattice :
melanoma
> library(rpart) > library(survival)
Loading required package: splines
Attaching package 'survival':
The following object(s) are masked from package:boot :
aml
> library(VR)
Error in library(VR) : There is no package called 'VR'
> library(cluster) > library(foreign)
Error in library(foreign) : There is no package called 'foreign'
> library(KernSmooth)
KernSmooth 2.22 installed Copyright M. P. Wand 1997
> library(lattice)
> local({a <- CRAN.packages()
+ install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a, dependencies=TRUE)}) trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes opened URL downloaded 26Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/nlme_3.1-56.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 2144937 bytes opened URL downloaded 2094Kb package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Delete downloaded files (y/N)? The packages are in C:\DOCUME~1\KeithW\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp6848\Rinstdir19641 updating HTML package descriptions
> local({a <- CRAN.packages()
+ install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a, dependencies=TRUE)}) trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes opened URL downloaded 26Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/VR_7.2-12.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 1551825 bytes opened URL downloaded 1515Kb bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'MASS'
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