Thanks. That did it. On Jan 19, 2008 2:19 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to use 'Run as admininistrator' for just the session updating > those packages (assuming you installed R with administrator privileges and > are running it without: you did not say). > > This is covered in rw-FAQ Q2.24. > > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > > On Vista my R installation is in > > > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.0 > > > > and there is a library here: > > > > %userprofile%\Documents\R\win-library\2.6 > > > > If I use the GUI Packages menu to update my library it > > works ok _except_ for any packages such as lattice and > > the VR bundle that come with R. For those I get this (this > > is what I got when I tried to update lattice but I get a similar > > message for the VR bundle as well): > > > >> update.packages(ask='graphics') > > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, > > contriburl = contriburl, : > > 'lib = "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-26~1.0/library"' is not writable > > Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, > > contriburl = contriburl, : > > unable to install packages > > > > I am using R-2.6.1 (even though the directory says 2.6.0) since I > > tend to write over the prior directory if its just an upgrade involving > > the last digit of the R version. > > > >> R.version.string > > [1] "R version 2.6.1 Patched (2007-12-06 r43610)" > > > > How should I go about updating lattice and the VR bundle? > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >
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