A final followup. I have identified a rather extreme workaround. The problem arises when the function utils:::unpackPkgZip uses file.rename(...) to move the unzipped binary package from the temporary directory that it was unpacked into into the proper directory in the library tree. If one does debug(utils:::unpackPkgZip) and then steps through the function line by line, it works.
Thank you. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Drew Tyre <aty...@unl.edu> wrote: > OK - so I followed the following steps, which I think rule out those causes > > 1) I uninstalled all remaining versions of R, and then deleted all the > directories in c:\progra~1\R > 2) I restarted the computer > 3) I installed 2.14.2, and attempted to install the Rcmdr package. Same > error message for both the cars package and the Rcmdr package. > 4) I then exited and confirmed that I have write permission to > C:\progra~1\R\R-2.14.2\libraries both by looking at the permissions, and by > creating a directory in there. I appear to have full control, and I could > create the directory. note that R is able to create the temporary directory > to install the package, but not the correct, final directory. > 5) I then uninstalled 2.14.2, and installed 2.15.0, hoping for a fix. No > luck. Same error message. > 6) I then tried installing the packages to a different directory, one that > I created, c:\test, using > install.packages("Rcmdr","c:\\test") > This time, the car package installed correctly, but Rcmdr still had the > same warning message > > Warning: unable to move temporary installation > c:\test\file136c67c337b3\Rcmdr to c:\test\Rcmdr > > There is clearly something messed up on this computer, but I'm at a loss > for how to get around it. Thanks for the suggestions, and I guess I have to > work on a different computer! > > 2012/3/31 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > > > On 31.03.2012 16:15, Drew Tyre wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm having a strange error that prevents me from installing new > packages, > >> or updating packages after reinstalling. The error message is > >> Warning: unable to move temporary installation C:\Program > >> Files\R\R-2.14.2\library\**file15045004ac2\sandwich to C:\Program > >> Files\R\R-2.14.2\library\**sandwich > >> for one of the packages that is failing to install/update. This error > >> started happening after I attempted installing lme4Eigen from the > R-Forge > >> repositories - that installation failed too. > >> > >> Any suggestions for fixes welcome. I don't want to upgrade to 2.15 just > >> yet > >> because I'm in the middle of a project (although if that's the solution > I > >> guess I'll have to do it). > >> > > > > Probably the package is in use by another instance of R. Otherwise, check > > permissions. > > > > Best, > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > R version 2.14.2 (2012-02-29) > >> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > >> > >> locale: > >> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 > >> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 > >> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 > >> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C > >> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 > >> > >> attached base packages: > >> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > >> > >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > >> [1] tools_2.14.2 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help< > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > > > > > -- > Drew Tyre > > School of Natural Resources > University of Nebraska-Lincoln > 416 Hardin Hall, East Campus > 3310 Holdrege Street > Lincoln, NE 68583-0974 > > phone: +1 402 472 4054 > fax: +1 402 472 2946 > email: aty...@unl.edu > http://snr.unl.edu/tyre > http://aminpractice.blogspot.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/atiretoo > > [[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. > > -- Drew Tyre School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln 416 Hardin Hall, East Campus 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln, NE 68583-0974 phone: +1 402 472 4054 fax: +1 402 472 2946 email: aty...@unl.edu http://snr.unl.edu/tyre http://aminpractice.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/atiretoo [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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