Here are the error messages:> install.packages('plotrix')Warning in install.packages("plotrix") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/dbae/Library/R/library' --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Error in .install.macbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, : unable to create temporary directory '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages' In addition: Warning message: In dir.create(tmpd) : cannot create dir '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages', reason 'No such file or directory' I can't understand this. Surely install.packages can create the necessary directories if it needs them. I thought there might be a problem of permissions, so I tried the following csh commands on my Mac: Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /tmp lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Aug 7 2008 /tmp@ -> private/tmp Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -ld /private/tmp drwxrwxrwt 19 root wheel 646 Sep 22 09:13 /private/tmp/ Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /private/tmp total 48 drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:41 502/ drwxr-xr-x 2 rona wheel 68 Sep 21 16:25 506/ drwxrwxrwx 5 dbae wheel 170 Sep 20 16:47 FLEXnet/ -rw-r--r-- 1 _usbmuxd wheel 0 Sep 18 15:38 MobileDevice.log -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 1185 Sep 20 22:39 alm.log -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 2928 Sep 20 22:39 amt.log -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 0 Sep 20 16:47 cs_cache_lock_502 -rw-r--r-- 1 security wheel 0 Sep 21 13:37 cs_cache_lock_92 drwxr-xr-x 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:10 hsperfdata_dbae/ -rw------- 1 nobody wheel 36 Sep 22 10:51 objc_sharing_ppc_4294967294 -rw------- 1 dbae wheel 324 Sep 22 11:03 objc_sharing_ppc_502 -rw------- 1 rona wheel 84 Sep 21 18:23 objc_sharing_ppc_506 -rw------- 1 security wheel 24 Sep 22 09:13 objc_sharing_ppc_92 drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 13 20:04 ssh-6v6iI1izHg/ Thanks for any help. David -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/trying-to-install-plotrix-tp25530666p25530666.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On 09/22/2009 08:13 PM, David Epstein wrote:> Here are the error messages: > >> install.packages('plotrix') >> > Warning in install.packages("plotrix") : > argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/dbae/Library/R/library' > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Error in .install.macbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, > : > unable to create temporary directory '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages' > In addition: Warning message: > In dir.create(tmpd) : > cannot create dir '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages', reason 'No such > file or directory' > > I can't understand this. Surely install.packages can create the necessary > directories if it needs them. I thought there might be a problem of > permissions, so > I tried the following csh commands on my Mac: > > Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /tmp > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Aug 7 2008 /tmp@ -> private/tmp >Hi David, I don't have a Mac, but it looks like the /tmp directory belongs to root, and unless you are root when you are installing, you don't have write permission in that directory. Do you have this problem when trying to install other packages? Jim
David Epstein wrote:> > Here are the error messages: >> install.packages('plotrix') > Warning in install.packages("plotrix") : > argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/dbae/Library/R/library' > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Error in .install.macbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl > contriburl, : > unable to create temporary directory > '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages' > In addition: Warning message: > In dir.create(tmpd) : > cannot create dir '/tmp/RtmpSTiTJX/downloaded_packages', reason 'No such > file or directory' > > I can't understand this. Surely install.packages can create the necessary > directories if it needs them. I thought there might be a problem of > permissions, so > I tried the following csh commands on my Mac: > > Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /tmp > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Aug 7 2008 /tmp@ -> private/tmp > Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -ld /private/tmp > drwxrwxrwt 19 root wheel 646 Sep 22 09:13 /private/tmp/ > Tottie:~/<5>archive% ls -l /private/tmp > total 48 > drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:41 502/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 rona wheel 68 Sep 21 16:25 506/ > drwxrwxrwx 5 dbae wheel 170 Sep 20 16:47 FLEXnet/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 _usbmuxd wheel 0 Sep 18 15:38 MobileDevice.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 1185 Sep 20 22:39 alm.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 2928 Sep 20 22:39 amt.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 dbae wheel 0 Sep 20 16:47 cs_cache_lock_502 > -rw-r--r-- 1 security wheel 0 Sep 21 13:37 cs_cache_lock_92 > drwxr-xr-x 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 22 10:10 hsperfdata_dbae/ > -rw------- 1 nobody wheel 36 Sep 22 10:51 > objc_sharing_ppc_4294967294 > -rw------- 1 dbae wheel 324 Sep 22 11:03 objc_sharing_ppc_502 > -rw------- 1 rona wheel 84 Sep 21 18:23 objc_sharing_ppc_506 > -rw------- 1 security wheel 24 Sep 22 09:13 objc_sharing_ppc_92 > drwx------ 3 dbae wheel 102 Sep 13 20:04 ssh-6v6iI1izHg/ > > Thanks for any help. > David >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/trying-to-install-plotrix-tp25530666p25530763.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
David Epstein wrote:> > Here are the error messages: ...snip ... >Sorry. I rebooted my machine and then plotrix loaded without complaint. D -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/trying-to-install-plotrix-tp25530666p25530766.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.