R help - Apr 2011 - Windows 7, update.packages problem: "unable to move temporary installation"?

Hello all,

I am using R 2.13.0 with windows 7, after giving my user full privileges to
the R folder (as described
here<http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/>
).
This allows me to install new packages just fine.

However, when using update.packages(), to update existing packages, I keep
getting the following error (for example, when updating the MASS package):

package 'MASS' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
Warning: unable to move temporary installation 'C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\file6cae3bcf\MASS' to 'C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\MASS'

Any suggestions on how to fix this?


Thanks,
Tal


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Hi Tal,

Three thoughts, not sure if any of them would pan out in your case.

1) Run R as an administrator
2) Shift your library location out of Program Files
3) just use install.packages("MASS"), the only downside is you'd
have
to know the packages you wanted to update rather than just
update.packages() which will update everything you need at once for
you.

Best regards,

Josh

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using R 2.13.0 with windows 7, after giving my user full privileges to
> the R folder (as described
>
here<http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/>
> ).
> This allows me to install new packages just fine.
>
> However, when using update.packages(), to update existing packages, I keep
> getting the following error (for example, when updating the MASS package):
>
> package 'MASS' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Warning: unable to move temporary installation 'C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\file6cae3bcf\MASS' to 'C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\MASS'
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tal
>
>
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-- 
Joshua Wiley
Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.joshuawiley.com/

Just to update everyone, I found out the source of the problem: antivirus.
The "real time file system protection" was blocking R from copying the
files
between folders once they were downloaded.
Upon adding the R directory to the exception list, the problem went away :)

(I updated my post with the above information:
http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/)

I hope it will help someone in the future,
Tal




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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Tal Galili <tal.galili@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using R 2.13.0 with windows 7, after giving my user full privileges to
> the R folder (as described
here<http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/>
> ).
> This allows me to install new packages just fine.
>
> However, when using update.packages(), to update existing packages, I keep
> getting the following error (for example, when updating the MASS package):
>
> package 'MASS' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Warning: unable to move temporary installation 'C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\file6cae3bcf\MASS' to 'C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\MASS'
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tal
>
>
> ----------------Contact
> Details:-------------------------------------------------------
> Contact me: Tal.Galili@gmail.com |  972-52-7275845
> Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) |
> www.r-statistics.com (English)
>
>
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