install.packages with R 2.9.1 under Vista?

2 messages · Uwe Ligges, Gabor Grothendieck

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Uwe Ligges

Wed, Jul 1, 2009 1:25 AM #

Spencer,

see ?R_LIBS_USER

once R created "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9"  for 
you it is used as a library (since it is the default for R_LIBS_USER if 
the latter is unset otherwise). Just delete the whole directory and it 
won't be used further on.

Best,
Uwe

spencerg wrote:

Dear Uwe:

     Thanks very much.  Based on your suggestion, I deleted 
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9", which got created 
when I first installed R 2.9.1 into the default, write-protected area 
and then did "install.packages".  When I uninstalled that 
write-protected copy and installed it in a different location, the 
directory "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" remained, 
and Rgui directed "install.packages" to that directory, though Rterm did 
not.  I had not intentionally set "R_LIBS" nor any other special thing 
like that, so I was confused.

     Thanks again.
     Best Wishes,
     Spencer


Uwe Ligges wrote:


spencerg wrote:

     What do I need to do to get "install.packages" to work properly 
for me in R 2.9.1 under Vista?

     Currently, install.packages in Rgui 2.9.1 by default goes to 
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9".  This is a problem 
for me, because R running under Emacs does not currently look there.

     I made the mistake last night of first installing R 2.9.1 in the 
default "C:\Program Files".  When I found that packages I installed 
using Rgui could not be found from within Emacs, I uninstalled R from 
"C:\Program Files" and reinstalled it under "C:\Users\sgraves\R" 
alongside R 2.9.0, which has allowed "install.packages" from Rgui to 
be accessed from R under Emacs.

     I've traced the problem to the different behavior of ".libPaths()":

*** Rgui: .libPaths()
[1] "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9"
[2] "C:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"
*** R under Emacs: > .libPaths()
[1] "c:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"


     What do you suggest?      Thanks,



Either set for the second setup 
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" as a default library 
path (e.g. via env var R_LIBS) or remove it from the  first setup (in 
a personal startup file).

Best wishes,
Uwe

     Spencer

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Gabor Grothendieck

Wed, Jul 1, 2009 5:10 AM #

I use a different editor so I only have general comments but
regardless of editor it
would be best to keep and use the library in your user space to avoid
any problems
with permissions on Vista.

Note that this is the same problem as on UNIX where you need root permissions
to modify the R library if its not in user space and is not a problem
specific to Vista.


2009/7/1 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:

Spencer,

see ?R_LIBS_USER

once R created "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" ?for you it
is used as a library (since it is the default for R_LIBS_USER if the latter
is unset otherwise). Just delete the whole directory and it won't be used
further on.

Best,
Uwe



spencerg wrote:

Dear Uwe:

? ? Thanks very much. ?Based on your suggestion, I deleted
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9", which got created when I
first installed R 2.9.1 into the default, write-protected area and then did
"install.packages". ?When I uninstalled that write-protected copy and
installed it in a different location, the directory
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" remained, and Rgui
directed "install.packages" to that directory, though Rterm did not. ?I had
not intentionally set "R_LIBS" nor any other special thing like that, so I
was confused.

? ? Thanks again.
? ? Best Wishes,
? ? Spencer


Uwe Ligges wrote:


spencerg wrote:

? ? What do I need to do to get "install.packages" to work properly for
me in R 2.9.1 under Vista?

? ? Currently, install.packages in Rgui 2.9.1 by default goes to
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9". ?This is a problem for
me, because R running under Emacs does not currently look there.

? ? I made the mistake last night of first installing R 2.9.1 in the
default "C:\Program Files". ?When I found that packages I installed using
Rgui could not be found from within Emacs, I uninstalled R from "C:\Program
Files" and reinstalled it under "C:\Users\sgraves\R" alongside R 2.9.0,
which has allowed "install.packages" from Rgui to be accessed from R under
Emacs.

? ? I've traced the problem to the different behavior of ".libPaths()":

*** Rgui: .libPaths()
[1] "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9"
[2] "C:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"
*** R under Emacs: > .libPaths()
[1] "c:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"


? ? What do you suggest? ? ? ?Thanks,



Either set for the second setup
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" as a default library path
(e.g. via env var R_LIBS) or remove it from the ?first setup (in a personal
startup file).

Best wishes,
Uwe

? ? Spencer

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