Dear all, I am trying to install Vegan, but I allways get the following error message: Warning in install.packages(choose.files("", filters Filters[c("zip", : 'lib = "C:/Programme/R/R-2.12.0/library"' is not writable Error in install.packages(choose.files("", filters Filters[c("zip", : unable to install packages> utils:::menuInstallLocal()does anybody know what is wrong? Thanks in advance, Carolin
On 03.11.2010 10:39, Carolin wrote:> Dear all, > > I am trying to install Vegan, but I allways get the following error > message: > > Warning in install.packages(choose.files("", filters > Filters[c("zip", : > 'lib = "C:/Programme/R/R-2.12.0/library"' is not writable > Error in install.packages(choose.files("", filters > Filters[c("zip", : > unable to install packages >> utils:::menuInstallLocal()>> does anybody know what is wrong?Yes: you do not have permission to write to "C:/Programme/R/R-2.12.0/library" where you are trying to install the package to. Uwe Ligges> Thanks in advance, > Carolin > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.