Hi there, I've successfully installed und updated some contributed R packages (R version 1.2.2 on Debian Linux, logged in as a normal user), but I'm wondering about this: [...] Could not open /usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html at /usr/lib/R/share/perl/R/Rdlists.pm line 238. /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt: Permission denied /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: LibIndex: Permission denied DONE (MASS) [...] Permissions: $ ls -l /usr/lib/R/library/LibIndex -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Feb 27 23:42 /usr/lib/R/library/LibIndex $ ls -l /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124212 Feb 27 23:42 /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt It's possible to load the package with e.g.> library(MASS)but all installed contributed packages are not listed> library()Packages in library `/usr/lib/R/library': base The R base package ctest Classical Tests eda Exploratory Data Analysis lqs Resistant Regression and Covariance Estimation modreg Modern Regression: Smoothing and Local Methods mva Classical Multivariate Analysis nls Nonlinear regression splines Regression Spline Functions and Classes stepfun Step Functions, including Empirical Distributions tcltk Interface to Tcl/Tk ts Time series function The packages are in their correct location (e.g. /usr/lib/R/library/MASS/). Maybe I have to change the permission of the above mentioned files manually and reinstall? Thanks, Sven -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Hi there, I've successfully installed und updated some contributed R packages (R version 1.2.2 on Debian Linux, logged in as a normal user), but I'm wondering about this: [...] Could not open /usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html at /usr/lib/R/share/perl/R/Rdlists.pm line 238. /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt: Permission denied /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: LibIndex: Permission denied DONE (MASS) [...] Permissions: $ ls -l /usr/lib/R/library/LibIndex -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Feb 27 23:42 /usr/lib/R/library/LibIndex $ ls -l /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124212 Feb 27 23:42 /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt It's possible to load the package with e.g.> library(MASS)but all installed contributed packages are not listed> library()Packages in library `/usr/lib/R/library': base The R base package ctest Classical Tests eda Exploratory Data Analysis lqs Resistant Regression and Covariance Estimation modreg Modern Regression: Smoothing and Local Methods mva Classical Multivariate Analysis nls Nonlinear regression splines Regression Spline Functions and Classes stepfun Step Functions, including Empirical Distributions tcltk Interface to Tcl/Tk ts Time series function The packages are in their correct location (e.g. /usr/lib/R/library/MASS/). Maybe I have to change the permission of the above mentioned files manually and reinstall? Thanks, Sven -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Dirk Eddelbuettel's Neomail account
2001-Apr-26 12:39 UTC
[R] Installing R-packages via install.package
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:53:44PM +0200, Sven Garbade wrote:> I've successfully installed und updated some contributed R packages (R > version 1.2.2 on Debian Linux, logged in as a normal user), but I'm > wondering about this: > > [...] > Could not open /usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html at > /usr/lib/R/share/perl/R/Rdlists.pm line 238. > /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: /usr/lib/R/doc/html/search/index.txt: Permission > denied > /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: LibIndex: Permission denied > DONE (MASS) > [...]Well, that's what permissions are for. Those files are owned by root (uid 1), you are a user. On my systems at home and work, I always do this as root. Ie, open a root shell, start R and call 'update.packages()'.> /usr/lib/R/library/MASS/). Maybe I have to change the permission of the > above mentioned files manually and reinstall?Uh, no. Either you are root on that machine, or you're not. In the latter case, install into $HOME/R/library. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._