Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Joanna Papakonstantinou
<joanna.papa at gmail.com> wrote:

I installed R on my Windows laptop in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2

and am able to open RGUI  (640bit), see packages and run commands. However,
when I test the installation and run the basic tests and all the tests on
the standard and recommended packages i.e.:

      library("tools")

      testInstalledBasic("both")

      testInstalledPackages("base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)

      testInstalledPackages("recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)



I am getting errors such as:

 > testInstalledPackages("base",errorsAreFatal=FALSE)

 Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory



my working driectory is:

getwd()

[1] "C:/Users/jpapa/Documents"
 In which I see R folder as well as the .rData from my last session.

what does the wd have to do with the output directory? Do  I need to create
an output directory? DO I need to setwd(outDir)?

do i need to change the wd (for example to the Pogram Files directory where
R is installed or to another directory I need to create? if so, how do I do
this?





i also noticed that i have packages in

\library ?C:/Users/jpapa/Documents/R/win-library/2.15?

and in library ?C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/library?.

Do all packages need to be in one place? If so, should they be in my
Documents or in Program Files?

Its likely trying to write in the C:\Program Files tree but lacks
permission. Run R with Administrator permissions or re-install R
elsewhere, e.g. C:\R