You could delete your 3.5 personal package library (using the File Explorer with Run as Admin if necessary) and re-install your packages without running as Admin. If that does not work try uninstalling R and re-installing 3.5.1.
On December 22, 2018 8:16:11 PM PST, Janh Anni <annij...@gmail.com> wrote: >This issue only came up after I installed R3.5.2. Never had any >problems >with previous installations. So it is likely a bug in the current >version. Any suggestions what to do now? > >On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 11:06 PM Jeff Newmiller ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >wrote: > >> That normally only occurs if you have at some time used elevated >> permissions, beyond which point you fall into a downward spiral of >more >> permissions trouble. You are apparently already in trouble, whether >it was >> of your own making or due to a bug in the installer. >> >> Also, never update the system R package library... always use a >personal >> library. >> >> On December 22, 2018 6:01:44 PM PST, Janh Anni <annij...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> >Hi Jeff, >> > >> >No, during the installation, there was not an option to Run as >> >Administration. But *after *installation, I found that if I >selected >> >Run >> >as Administrator, then I could install packages using >install.packages >> >as >> >usual without problems. >> > >> >Thanks >> >Janh >> > >> >On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:26 PM Jeff Newmiller >> ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Did you by any chance use Run As Administrator to install R? If so >> >then >> >> you need to uninstall it and delete all files created by it (e.g. >> >> Documents/R/win-lib/3.5/) and re-install using UAC as prompted. >> >> >> >> On December 22, 2018 5:10:27 PM PST, Janh Anni ><annij...@gmail.com> >> >wrote: >> >> >Dear R Experts, >> >> > >> >> >I use Windows 10 and just installed the new R version, R3.5.2 but >> >when >> >> >I >> >> >tried to load a data file using read.table, I got an error >message >> >like >> >> >this: >> >> > >> >> >*Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection* >> >> >*In addition: Warning message:* >> >> >*In file(file, "rt") :* >> >> >* cannot open file 'StreamPCB.dat': No such file or directory* >> >> > >> >> >Also, I couldn't install packages using install.packages as >usual, >> >> >unless I >> >> >run R as Administrator >> >> > >> >> >I wonder if anyone else had the same issues and any suggestions >how >> >to >> >> >fix? >> >> > >> >> >Thanks a lot >> >> >Janh >> >> > >> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> > >> >> >______________________________________________ >> >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >> >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. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
