My $.01 contribution without having read the complete thread: Some other process/service is locking your file/directory. There are a few Windows tools out there helping your to narrow down exactly which, e.g.
http://www.guidingtech.com/10175/tools-to-delete-locked-files-in-windows/ /Henrik On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > On 03.04.2012 19:43, Drew Tyre wrote: >> >> 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. > > > Then check your virus scanner ot the speed of IO if this is a remote file > system. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > >> 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. >>> >>> >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
