Unable to create directory?
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Robert Lundqvist wrote:
I have tried to install the pls.pcr package, but as a install newbie, I
wasn't too successful. I tried the command
"install.package("pls.pcr",lib="~/lib/R/",CRAN="http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cran").
The download seemed to run smoothly, but in the end I got the response
"ERROR: cannot write to or create directory '~/lib/R'"
Before I try to get my sysadmins to work on this, is it a non-R
problem (i e something wrong with directory premissions) or is it
some R detail I've missed? Hints anyone?
(I run R in a Unix environment: a SunRay/Solaris combination.)
--robert
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Just guessing, but I think the problem is with using '~' to mean your home directory. The shell normally interprets the '~', but I don't think the shell is doing anything here. I suspect R is trying to create a directory with the literal name '~/lib/R'. Replace '~' with the full path of your home directory, and make sure that the 'lib' part already exists before you do the install.package. (ie do "mkdir ~/lib" first if it doesn't exist). Luke