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I am moving from windoze on a Dell laptop to Debian but I seem to have hit a snag for R. I managed to find the information to point an /etc/apt/sources.list entry at my local CRAN repository and have installed R 2.13.1 for squeeze from the Bristol UK repository. I installed a number of the additional R packages using synaptic which reported no errors but when I run my first

Had some packages fail install so I updated to today's R-beta release. On updating packages the following packages still fail. sessionInfo follows. Mark Warning messages: 1: In install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : installation of package 'MANOR' had non-zero exit status 2: In install.packages(update[instlib == l,

Dear R-list, I have encountered the following error message trying to update R packages: > update.packages(ask='graphics') Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib' is not writable Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : unable to

Hello! I've just installed R 2.11.1 on my new home PC. Just the base R. My PC has Windows 7. R was installed in C / Program Files (x86) / R - R-2.11.1 Then - through the menue - I went to Update packages, chose the mirror and R detected the few packages that needed to be updated. After I clicked on OK I got the following error message: > update.packages(ask='graphics') --- Please

Hi, I run windows vista ultimate in my laptop and run R 2.5 I am trying to update the packages but it comes up with an error message ""Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib' is not writable Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, :

Hi, I have two further comments/questions about large datasets in R. 1. Does R's ability to handle large datasets depend on the operating system's use of virtual memory? In theory, at least, VM should make the difference between installed RAM and virtual memory on a hard drive primarily a determinant of how fast R will calculate rather than whether or not it can do the calculations.

I'm running Linux Ubuntu and tried to update my packages using the update.package() command. It appeared to download the updates ok but I got the following message: The downloaded packages are in ?/tmp/RtmpFM82Ry/downloaded_packages? Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib = "/usr/lib/R/site-library"' is

R-help, I recently updated R from 2.13.0 to 2.13.1 (32-bit Windows version) and now have a problem updating packages. I am running Windows 7 as operating system. As the FAQ suggests, I uninstalled 2.13.0 before installing 2.13.1. On first opening R, I ran "update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE) ras also recommended and selected the NS Cran mirror. On doing this the following error

To whom it concenrt I am trying to update the R program 2.9 This is the message that the program give is: > update.packages(ask='graphics') Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib = "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-29~1.0/library"' is not writable Erro em install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"],

I have been trying to update some R packages but I get the following error. Can you advise how mow to get around this . I am using the R for 64 bit windows. --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib = "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-211~1.1-X/library"' is not writable

I tried to update my packages using update.packages() I got the following message: The downloaded packages are in ?/tmp/RtmpyDYdTX/downloaded_packages? Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib = "/usr/lib/R/library"' is not writable Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,

Anyone knows how to get around this message? I am trying to update some packages in R but I get the following message I use R for 64 bit windows. Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = contriburl, : 'lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library"' is not writable Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"],

On Vista my R installation is in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.0 and there is a library here: %userprofile%\Documents\R\win-library\2.6 If I use the GUI Packages menu to update my library it works ok _except_ for any packages such as lattice and the VR bundle that come with R. For those I get this (this is what I got when I tried to update lattice but I get a similar message for the VR bundle

Hello, everybody I have R 2.5.1 now installed on a laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. I have problems updating the packages. Here is what I get at the prompt when I try to update: > update.packages(ask='graphics') --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'http://cran.ch.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.5/car_1.2-2.zip' Content type

Hello, > version _ platform x86_64-w64-mingw32 arch x86_64 os mingw32 system x86_64, mingw32 status Patched major 3 minor 2.1 year 2015 month 07 day 16 svn rev 68681 language R version.string R version 3.2.1 Patched (2015-07-16 r68681) nickname World-Famous Astronaut I

Running R.2.11.1, debian linux, I tried to update.packages as root within R and get errors for cairoDevice and latticeExtra I don't know how to fix. For cairoDevice, I don't know what gtk+2.0 is; for latticeExtra, I'm surprised that R cannot find RColorBrewer built for R 2.10+ What to do? > old.packages() Package LibPath Installed Built

Hi Everyone, I have a few fairly basic questions about upgrading and installing R packages. First off, I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron and have R 2.7.1 installed and working perfectly. I usually access R via Emacs ESS interface which I am still trying to get the hang of. My questions and issues are as follows: Question 1: I started R and wanted to upgrade the installed R packages. So, I issue the

Hello, After reinstalling the whole OS and R as well, I tried to update.packages() and get the follwing error message: concerning the mgcv update: atlas2-base is installed and blas as well (on debian). I haven't found lf77blas, I assume it's a library or something similar associated with blas. any suggestion how to solve that, thanks Martin * Installing *source* package

Updating my 1.8.0 R installation (>update.packages() ) I obtain the following (SORRY FOR THE LENGTH OF THE LOG BUT IT HELPS!!!): ................ downloaded 135Kb KernSmooth : Version 2.22-11 in /usr/lib/R/library Version 2.22-12 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y mgcv : Version 0.9-3.1 in /usr/lib/R/library Version 0.9-6 on CRAN Update (y/N)? y trying URL

On 7/19/2015 3:50 AM, peter dalgaard wrote: >> For some, but not allI repositories I get the error message below: >> >Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = >> >contriburl, : >> > specifying 'contriburl' or 'available' requires a single type, not type = >> >"both" >> >