Yes, that would be the personal library. There is one question in the installer that asks if you would like to create a personal library... I have always said yes, but I could imagine that saying no could lead to problems.
On December 24, 2018 2:43:24 PM PST, Janh Anni <annij...@gmail.com> wrote: >I am sorry I forgot to mention - I just looked in the >Documents\R\win-Library directory and only found folders for previous R >versions, specifically R3.0, 3.1 and 3.4. So I must have deleted the >R3.5 >folder as you initially advised or it was removed during the >un-installation. Unless I am misunderstanding what you mean by the >R3.5 >personal package library? Thanks again > >On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 4:28 PM Jeff Newmiller ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >wrote: > >> >> >> On December 24, 2018 11:14:40 AM PST, Janh Anni <annij...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >Hello Jeff, Martin, >> > >> >I deleted 3.5.2 as suggested and tried 3.5.1 but still had the same >> >problems. I still couldn't use read.table to load a data file and >> >still >> >had an error message when I tried to install a package. Usually >after >> >installing a new version of R, I would go to the R icon on the >desktop, >> >right click on it, click on Properties and then specify the folder >that >> >contains my data files in the "Start in" box, so that R >automatically >> >has >> >access to my data files. Could that possibly be causing problems >with >> >these newer versions of R? >> >> No. >> >> > Also, there’s never a prompt during the >> >installation to Run as Administrator, so that could not possibly be >the >> >cause >> >> Yes, you have to go out of your way to Run As Administrator (RAA). >> However, regardless of how you initially encountered a problem, once >you >> did that there could be any number of files contaminated with >permissions >> issues. >> >> Specifically, I said to delete your 3.5 personal package library, but >your >> description is not specific so I suspect you may not have done that. >> However, any file modified by you intentionally or not while using >RAA >> could be causing your problems now, so now it is up to you to find >those >> files somehow. >> >> > >> > I also just tried Version 3.4.4, and had no problems whatsoever >either >> >with using read.table to load data files or downloading packages. >So >> >there >> >must be some changes from version 3.5 onward that created the >issues. >> >Hopefully this will be looked at more closely by the team with a >view >> >to >> >resolving the issues >> >> I doubt the "team" will spend much time looking at this based on your >> descriptions so far. They need something reproducible, and the fact >that >> you already used RAA to "fix" the problem makes anything you did >prior to >> that almost impossible to reproduce. >> >> fortunes:::fortune(337) >> >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> >Janh >> > >> >On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 1:31 AM Jeff Newmiller >> ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> 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. 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