Hello all, R2.2.1, W2k I posted a similar question last week after having problem with a group update (using update.packages()), without getting any answer. Now I have updated all packages separately, and found that the problem comes from nlme: Everything comes home, the md5 checksums are ok, but then the old version can??t be removed from my computer, leaving a "nlme" library with only the "libs" sublibrary left. As my R doesn??t start without nlme, I am stuck here. R doesn??t start with only the "libs" left and doesn??t start without nlme. What??s going on? It??s no big crisis as I have the nlme version from the R installation file, but I try to keep my installation as updated as possible, so it??s irritating. :) /CG -- CG Pettersson, MSci, PhD Stud. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Dep. of Crop Production Ekology. Box 7043. SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden cg.pettersson at vpe.slu.se
CG Pettersson wrote:> Hello all, > > R2.2.1, W2k > > I posted a similar question last week after having problem with a group > update (using update.packages()), without getting any answer. > > Now I have updated all packages separately, and found that the problem > comes from nlme: > > Everything comes home, the md5 checksums are ok, but then the old version > can??t be removed from my computer, leaving a "nlme" library with only the > "libs" sublibrary left. > > As my R doesn??t start without nlme, I am stuck here. R doesn??t start with > only the "libs" left and doesn??t start without nlme. What??s going on? > > It??s no big crisis as I have the nlme version from the R installation > file, but I try to keep my installation as updated as possible, so it??s > irritating. :)You cannot update a package if it is loaded, because Windows locks the dll. Hence start R without loading nlme (that it is loaded might be because you mentioned it in some Startup file such as .Rprofile or a saved Workspace image loads the package for some reason - don't know whether this could happen for nlme). Hence RGui --vanilla might be right for you. Then update.packages(). Uwe Ligges> /CG > >