Failure when updating package nlme
CG Pettersson wrote:
Hello all, R2.2.1, W2k I posted a similar question last week after having problem with a group update (using update.packages()), without getting any answer. Now I have updated all packages separately, and found that the problem comes from nlme: Everything comes home, the md5 checksums are ok, but then the old version can??t be removed from my computer, leaving a "nlme" library with only the "libs" sublibrary left. As my R doesn??t start without nlme, I am stuck here. R doesn??t start with only the "libs" left and doesn??t start without nlme. What??s going on? It??s no big crisis as I have the nlme version from the R installation file, but I try to keep my installation as updated as possible, so it??s irritating. :)
You cannot update a package if it is loaded, because Windows locks the dll. Hence start R without loading nlme (that it is loaded might be because you mentioned it in some Startup file such as .Rprofile or a saved Workspace image loads the package for some reason - don't know whether this could happen for nlme). Hence RGui --vanilla might be right for you. Then update.packages(). Uwe Ligges
/CG