Hello everybody. I am trying to upgrade from R-1.9.0 to R-1.9.1 on a RedHat linux 2.4.18 system. I get the following error after "tar -xvzf R-1.9.1.tgz ; cd ./R-1.9.1/ ; ./configure" and "make" : [make works for 10 minutes ... snip ...] varExp text html latex varFixed text html latex varFunc text html latex varIdent text html latex varPower text html latex varWeights text html latex varWeights.glsStruct text html latex varWeights.lmeStruct text html latex Error in .installPackageIndices(".", "/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/library/nlme ") : cannot open directory'/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/library/nlme/Meta' Execution halted ERROR: installing package indices failed ** Removing '/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/library/nlme' make[2]: *** [nlme.ts] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/src/library/Recommende d' make[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/src/library/Recommende d' make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2 jagungal:/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1% I've had this three times now. How do I get round this? -- Robin Hankin Uncertainty Analyst Southampton Oceanography Centre SO14 3ZH tel +44(0)23-8059-7743 initialDOTsurname at soc.soton.ac.uk (edit in obvious way; spam precaution)
Robin Hankin <rksh at soc.soton.ac.uk> writes:> Error in .installPackageIndices(".", > "/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/library/nlme ") : > cannot open directory'/working/jrd/sat/rksh/R-1.9.1/library/nlme/Meta' > Execution halted...> I've had this three times now. > How do I get round this?An offhand guess is that your umask is set strangely, causing permission trouble. Try building with umask 22. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907