R help - Feb 2010 - no write access for help files

Hi 
 
I'm using R v2.8 under Windows*) and I'm trying to install a new package
(local zip file), but I get the message below. I followed some advice at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html (4.2 onwards), but to no
avail. How can I tell R to save the help files to an alternative location? I
don't have write access to the default location.
 
> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
package 'hwriter' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
updating HTML package descriptions
Warning message:
In file.create(f.tg) :
  cannot create file 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.0/doc/html/packages.html',
reason 'Permission denied'
> 
Does anybody know a solution for this, other than upgrading R? Thanks in
advance!
 
*) Don't ask me why my IT dept. didn't upgrade yet, I couldn't tell
you even at gunpoint. ;-)

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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On 04.02.2010 13:12, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
> I'm using R v2.8 under Windows*) and I'm trying to install a new
package (local zip file), but I get the message below. I followed some advice
athttp://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html  (4.2 onwards), but to
no avail. How can I tell R to save the help files to an alternative location? I
don't have write access to the default location.
>
>> >  utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> package 'hwriter' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

So you have been successful in installing the package!

> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> In file.create(f.tg) :
>    cannot create file
'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.0/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission
denied'
That's just a warning that the overview html page of packages could not 
be updated. That's not a dramatic drawback if you know yourself that the 
package exists in your installation. Package related help pages are 
installed, though.


> Does anybody know a solution for this, other than upgrading R? Thanks in
advance!
You should upgrade R even for other reasons.

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges

> *) Don't ask me why my IT dept. didn't upgrade yet, I couldn't
tell you even at gunpoint. ;-)
>
> Cheers!!
> Albert-Jan

On 04/02/2010 7:12 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
> Hi 
>  
> I'm using R v2.8 under Windows*) and I'm trying to install a new
package (local zip file), but I get the message below. I followed some advice at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html (4.2 onwards), but to no
avail. How can I tell R to save the help files to an alternative location? I
don't have write access to the default location.
>  
> > utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> package 'hwriter' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> In file.create(f.tg) :
>   cannot create file
'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.0/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission
denied'
> > 
>
> Does anybody know a solution for this, other than upgrading R? Thanks in
advance!
>  
> *) Don't ask me why my IT dept. didn't upgrade yet, I couldn't
tell you even at gunpoint. ;-)
See ?.libPaths.

Duncan Murdoch