Christopher Albert
2007-Feb-22 03:22 UTC
[R] Updating or installing R packages on Windows Vista
Hi, Windows Vista includes additional security mechanisms (User Access Control) whose defaults make it difficult to install or update R packages. To avoid these problems you need to go to Computer-> Program Files Right click on the R directory and select "properties". Now select the security tab. Give your user ( which is the use R whose priviledges R runs under) Full Control to the R directory. This should solve the install/update issues. Keep up the good work. Chris Albert [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Charles Annis, P.E.
2007-Feb-22 14:33 UTC
[R] Updating or installing R packages on Windows Vista
Or you can right-click on the R icon and choose Run as administrator. That way you won't alter the security settings and forget to re-set them. After the packages are installed R will load in the usual way by clicking on the icon. Charles Annis, P.E. Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Christopher Albert Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:23 PM To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Updating or installing R packages on Windows Vista Hi, Windows Vista includes additional security mechanisms (User Access Control) whose defaults make it difficult to install or update R packages. To avoid these problems you need to go to Computer-> Program Files Right click on the R directory and select "properties". Now select the security tab. Give your user ( which is the use R whose priviledges R runs under) Full Control to the R directory. This should solve the install/update issues. Keep up the good work. Chris Albert [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.