Re: [R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-27 Thread Keith S Weintraub
Jeff et. al (although there are no others so far on this thread). I finally gave up and decided to use 4.2 below from the "R for Windows FAQ” _ 4.2 I don’t have permission to write to the R-3.2.2\library directory. You can install packages

Re: [R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-27 Thread Jeff Newmiller
You might also want to try a different mirror. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.

Re: [R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-26 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I have not used W10, but for quite awhile the *administrator" account (not the hidden one named "Administrator") has merely had the right to "Run As Administrator"... but doing so explicitly is not recommended unless you definitely know what you are doing (in which case you should not be asking

Re: [R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-26 Thread Keith S Weintraub
I uninstalled all versions of R on my computer and killed all R directories (I think). I am wondering that since I “upgraded” to Windows 10 is it possible that I should create a user separate from the administrator account? My previous version of Windows was 7 Home I think. Here is a longer v

Re: [R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-25 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I would guess that you ran R as administrator at some point and now you have a permissions problem on your user library. I can't say I know how to fix it, though using administrator mode to fix the permissions is probably hard while using administrator mode to delete the R directory and reinstal

[R] Having trouble updating and installing R 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

2015-10-25 Thread Keith S Weintraub
I get the following error: Warning message: In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : path[1]="C:\Users\Administrator\My Documents/R/win-library/3.2": Access is denied This may be the first time that I have tried to upgrade R since I upgraded my Windows installation (on Parall