John Sorkin
2009-Aug-29 01:39 UTC
[R] Rcmdr installalation under Viata gives a warning. Do I need to do anything?
Windows Vista R 2.9.1 When trying to install Rcmdr I get the message shown below. What does it mean, do I need to do anything? The downloaded packages are in C:\Users\John Sorkin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpRCLbhe\downloaded_packages updating HTML package descriptions Warning message: In file.create(f.tg) : cannot create file 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-29~1.1/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission denied' Thanks, John John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics Baltimore VA Medical Center GRECC, University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude D. Pepper OAIC, University of Maryland Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, and Baltimore VA Center Stroke of Excellence University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu Confidentiality Statement: This email message, including any attachments, is for th...{{dropped:6}}
Stefan Grosse
2009-Aug-29 07:36 UTC
[R] Rcmdr installalation under Viata gives a warning. Do I need to do anything?
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:39:41 -0400 "John Sorkin" <Jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote: JS> Windows Vista JS> R 2.9.1 JS> JS> When trying to install Rcmdr I get the message shown below. What JS> does it mean, do I need to do anything? JS> JS> The downloaded packages are in JS> C:\Users\John JS> Sorkin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpRCLbhe\downloaded_packages updating JS> HTML package descriptions Warning message: JS> In file.create(f.tg) : JS> cannot create file JS> 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-29~1.1/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission JS> denied' Vista does not allow normal Users to write into the program folder. So either you run R with admin rights (right click, then run as administrator) or you circumvent this by installing R into your User directory like into C:\Users\John Sorkin\R hth Stefan
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