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Message-ID: <55FD68B7-39CD-4AA7-8902-1BDEC4E6A312@comcast.net>
Date: 2012-12-12T16:01:54Z
From: David Winsemius
Subject: Problem installing package "caret"
In-Reply-To: <CAN84BdH8saBLzbLui88MYaLpHVo2aVJ8Je1sDWaE8ZOnxtiy6w@mail.gmail.com>

On Dec 12, 2012, at 7:32 AM, John Kerpel wrote:

> Folks:
>
> I keep getting the following error message (I'm on Windows 7,  
> R-2.15.2, and
> tried a reboot...).  Thx!
>

Actually it's only a warning. Those are not the same in R.

> John
>
>
>> install.packages("caret")Installing package(s) into ?C:/Program  
>> Files/R/R-2.15.2/library?
> (as ?lib? is unspecified)trying URL
> 'http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/2.15/caret_5.15-045.zip'Content
> type 'application/zip' length 3478831 bytes (3.3 Mb)opened
> URLdownloaded 3.3 Mb
> package ?caret? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Warning in install.packages :
>  unable to move temporary installation ?C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.15.2\library\file1628360a1dc0\caret? to ?C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.15.2\library\caret?
>
> The downloaded binary packages are in
> 	C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpK2YZCa\downloaded_packages
>
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It suggests that you might need to consult your system documentation  
regarding how to use permissions. Are you able to load package:caret?

-- 

David Winsemius, MD
Alameda, CA, USA