Installing R-packages via install.package
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:53:44PM +0200, Sven Garbade wrote:
I've successfully installed und updated some contributed R packages (R version 1.2.2 on Debian Linux, logged in as a normal user), but I'm wondering about this: [...] Could not open /usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html at /usr/lib/R/share/perl/R/Rdlists.pm line 238. /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt: Permission denied /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: LibIndex: Permission denied DONE (MASS) [...]
Well, that's what permissions are for. Those files are owned by root (uid 1), you are a user. On my systems at home and work, I always do this as root. Ie, open a root shell, start R and call 'update.packages()'.
/usr/lib/R/library/MASS/). Maybe I have to change the permission of the above mentioned files manually and reinstall?
Uh, no. Either you are root on that machine, or you're not. In the latter case, install into $HOME/R/library. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._