On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Joanna Papakonstantinou > <joanna.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I installed R on my Windows laptop in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2 >> >> and am able to open RGUI (640bit), see packages and run commands. However, >> when I test the installation and run the basic tests and all the tests on >> the standard and recommended packages i.e.: >> >> library("tools") >> >> testInstalledBasic("both") >> >> testInstalledPackages("base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) >> >> testInstalledPackages("recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) >> >> >> >> I am getting errors such as: >> >> > testInstalledPackages("base",errorsAreFatal=FALSE) >> >> Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory >> >> >> >> my working driectory is: >> >>>getwd() >> >> [1] "C:/Users/jpapa/Documents" >> In which I see R folder as well as the .rData from my last session. >> >> what does the wd have to do with the output directory? Do I need to create >> an output directory? DO I need to setwd(outDir)? >> >> do i need to change the wd (for example to the Pogram Files directory where >> R is installed or to another directory I need to create? if so, how do I do >> this? >> >> >> >> >> >> i also noticed that i have packages in >> >> \library ‘C:/Users/jpapa/Documents/R/win-library/2.15’ >> >> and in library ‘C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/library’. >> >> Do all packages need to be in one place? If so, should they be in my >> Documents or in Program Files? > > Its likely trying to write in the C:\Program Files tree but lacks > permission. Run R with Administrator permissions or re-install R > elsewhere, e.g. C:\R
Also regarding your questions your setup is the standard desirable setup (with a separate user library) and R in the \Program Files tree so there seems nothing wrong with your library setup or how R itself has been set up on your system. -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.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.