Actually there was progress as after it failed it removed the folder c:/myRlib/callr, which means it had used it. Seems good. I think you might find the discussion here to be relevant
https://community.rstudio.com/t/cant-install-package-remotes-when-trying-to-install-devtools/34121 Good luck, Eric On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 6:08 PM David Stevens <david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: > > Thanks Eric - I had tried this and failed with > > install.packages('callr',destdir='c:/myRLib') > Installing package into ‘C:/myRLib’ > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) > > There is a binary version available but the source version is > later: > binary source needs_compilation > callr 3.3.2 3.4.0 FALSE > > installing the source package ‘callr’ > > trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) > downloaded 97 KB > > * installing *source* package 'callr' ... > ** package 'callr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > ** using staged installation > ** R > ** inst > ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading > Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\Users\David': No such file or directory > > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'callr' > * removing 'C:/myRLib/callr' > Warning in install.packages : > installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status > > I also tried > > install.packages('callr',lib='c:/myRLib',destdir='c:/myRLib') > > with the same result. There's something more here that I'm unable to discover. > > Best > David > On 12/12/2019 8:56 AM, Eric Berger wrote: > > Apparently it does not like that the fact that your user 'David > Stevens' has a blank. > Looking at the documentation ?install.packages > it seems that if you modify your call to something like > > install.packages('callr',destdir='C:\tmp') > > you might be ok. (caveat: I did not try this) > > You should make the directory C:\tmp (or whatever you use instead) > before you issue this call. > > HTH, > Eric > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:48 PM David Stevens > <david.stev...@usu.edu><mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: > > > Certain R packages will not install properly on my Windows 10 computer. For > example, if I > > install.packages('callr') > > The result is > > trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) > downloaded 97 KB > > Warning: invalid package 'C:\Users\David' > Warning: invalid package > 'Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI/downloaded_packages/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning in install.packages : > installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status > > The downloaded source packages are in > ‘C:\Users\David > Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI\downloaded_packages’ > > both using RStudio 1.2.5019 and the Rgui.exe 3.6.2. I look in the download > folder and the callr_3.4.0.tar.gz is there but the installer can't find it. > This happens on only a subset of packages I install or update. I assume the > cause is the space in my name in the c:\users folder. I've been unable to > locate the environment variable or registry value that routes the tar.gz > files to this location. Any ideas on how to fix this? This is a relatively > recent issue (i.e. I never saw it before November - I've used R for ~15 > years). > > Best regards > > David Stevens > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org<mailto: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. > > > On 12/12/2019 8:56 AM, Eric Berger wrote: > > Apparently it does not like that the fact that your user 'David > Stevens' has a blank. > Looking at the documentation ?install.packages > it seems that if you modify your call to something like > > install.packages('callr',destdir='C:\tmp') > > you might be ok. (caveat: I did not try this) > > You should make the directory C:\tmp (or whatever you use instead) > before you issue this call. > > HTH, > Eric > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:48 PM David Stevens > <david.stev...@usu.edu><mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> wrote: > > > > Certain R packages will not install properly on my Windows 10 computer. For > example, if I > > install.packages('callr') > > The result is > > trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 100129 bytes (97 KB) > downloaded 97 KB > > Warning: invalid package 'C:\Users\David' > Warning: invalid package > 'Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI/downloaded_packages/callr_3.4.0.tar.gz' > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning in install.packages : > installation of package ‘callr’ had non-zero exit status > > The downloaded source packages are in > ‘C:\Users\David > Stevens\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk5NqrI\downloaded_packages’ > > both using RStudio 1.2.5019 and the Rgui.exe 3.6.2. I look in the download > folder and the callr_3.4.0.tar.gz is there but the installer can't find it. > This happens on only a subset of packages I install or update. I assume the > cause is the space in my name in the c:\users folder. I've been unable to > locate the environment variable or registry value that routes the tar.gz > files to this location. Any ideas on how to fix this? This is a relatively > recent issue (i.e. I never saw it before November - I've used R for ~15 > years). > > Best regards > > David Stevens > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org<mailto: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. > > > -- > David K Stevens, PhD, PE > Environmental Engineering Division > Civil and Environmental Engineering > Utah State University > 8200 Old Main Hill > Logan, UT 83200-8200 > (435) 797-3229 > david.stev...@usu.edu<mailto:david.stev...@usu.edu> > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.
