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Windows 7 (Swedish): 'Rcmd INSTALL' fails

7 messages · Göran Broström, Rolf Turner, Uwe Ligges +1 more

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I am trying to build a Windows zip file of a private package by

C:/Program/R/R-3.0.1/bin/x64/Rcmd INSTALL --build --library=. 
epigen_0.1.tar.gz

but I get errors like

1: package 'datasets' in options("defaultPackages") was not found

and, finally,

Error in normalsizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
path[1]="C:/Program/R/R-3.0.1/library/tools": Atkomst nekad
(Access denied)

This is on a Swedish version of Windows 7. I noticed that the R 
installer called the installation directory "Program Files" instead of 
"Program" (despite my effort to change it), so I tried the same thing 
with an English version of Windows 7 (on another machine), and there 
everything went as expected.

I installed R on both machines today so the setups should be identical, 
except for the languages. What can be wrong? Can it be a language/path 
thing?

Thanks for any insight!

G?ran Brostr?m
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On 21.07.2013 00:26, G?ran Brostr?m wrote:
Why --library=. ?
Do you have appropriate poermissions to do that? In this case, you need 
to start everything with admin priviliges explicitly unless your Windows 
is configured differently.
But there is "Program Files", "Program" is just something like a link 
shown by the Windows Explorer that actually points to "Program Files".
Probably not the language but different admin settings.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
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Uwe, thanks!

The switch from "Program" to "Program Files" made it (stupid Windows!).

I tried the "--library=." flag because I got the error message

path[2]="C:/Program/R/R-3.0.1/library": Access denied

without it, and naively thought that I had a permission problem.
This was strange, because I am the administrator of my Windows machines.

BTW, why can't I, as an administrator, install packages in

"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.1\library" ?

This is of course a very minor problem, since I never do anything useful 
on Windows machines.

Best,

G?ran Brostr?m

Uwe Ligges skrev 2013-07-21 00:51:
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On 21/07/13 20:50, G?ran Brostr?m wrote:

            
<SNIP>
Fortune candidate?

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner
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On 21.07.2013 10:50, G?ran Brostr?m wrote:
Because you started R with standard privileges? Right click on R and 
then tell Windows to start R as an administrator. That should fix your 
problems.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
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On 07/21/2013 12:27 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
Thanks again; didn't know that either! Always fun to learn new things.

Best,

G?ran Brostr?m
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:16:54 +1200
Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
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Seconded.

JWDougherty