Hi Picohan, I notice that you install this to the c directory. If you are on windows 7, make sure R has proper write permissions. I collected some links about similar issues at this post: http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/
----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:50 AM, picohan <han...@picoquant.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I got an error if I try to install a package. For example package emg: > R CMD check emg > Everything is fine. > R CMD INSTALL emg > I got the following errors: > > * installing to library 'c:/R_2_13_1/library' > * installing *source* package 'emg' ... > Error in file_path_as_absolute(dfile) : > Datei './DESCRIPTION' existiert nicht > ERROR: installing package DESCRIPTION failed fo > * removing 'c:/R_2_13_1/library/emg' > * restoring previous 'c:/R_2_13_1/library/emg' > > It says, file DESCRIPTION is missing, despite it exists. The same behavoir > with other packages. I would be very pleased if someone can help me with > that problem. > > cheers, > Joerg > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-installing-packages-tp3943807p3943807.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
