Either switch the library path to a writable directory or run it as a su or sudo
so you have the necessary permissions.
Cheers,
Josh
On Dec 26, 2010, at 20:45, eric <ericstrom at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I'm running Linux Ubuntu and tried to update my packages using the
> update.package() command. It appeared to download the updates ok but I got
> the following message:
>
>
> The downloaded packages are in ?/tmp/RtmpFM82Ry/downloaded_packages?
> Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
contriburl > contriburl, :
> 'lib = "/usr/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable
> Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l,
contriburl > contriburl, :
> unable to install packages
> Calls: update.packages -> install.packages
>
> What does this mean ? And more importantly, how do I address it ?
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