When executing R CMD check etc. on a package, 00install.out tells me Warning in file.copy(file.path(.Library, pkg, "DESCRIPTION"), pd) : problem copying /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/MASS/DESCRIPTION to /var/.... although I do not use MASS ( and all the other recently uninstalled packages). Any help ? TIA -- Christian W. Hoffmann CH - 8915 Hausen am Albis, Schweiz Rigiblickstrasse 15 b, Tel.+41-44-7640853 mailto: christian at echoffmann.ch home: www.echoffmann.ch
1. In future, for Mac issues you are more likely to get a helpful reply on the R-sig-mac list. 2. This is a warning only, not an error. You seem to indicate MASS was uninstalled (???), so I would guess that it wasn't there when it looked for it -- ergo the warning. My question: why uninstall these core packages, as they may be necessary for key functionality that you use, directly or indirectly. And apologies if I have misinterpreted... Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics (650) 467-7374 "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is certainly not wisdom." Clifford Stoll On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:50 AM, Christian Hoffmann <christian at echoffmann.ch> wrote:> When executing R CMD check etc. on a package, 00install.out tells me > > Warning in file.copy(file.path(.Library, pkg, "DESCRIPTION"), pd) : > problem copying > /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/MASS/DESCRIPTION to > /var/.... > > although I do not use MASS ( and all the other recently uninstalled > packages). > > Any help ? > TIA > > -- > Christian W. Hoffmann > CH - 8915 Hausen am Albis, Schweiz > Rigiblickstrasse 15 b, Tel.+41-44-7640853 > mailto: christian at echoffmann.ch > home: www.echoffmann.ch > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
I would be very careful about removing the packages that are installed by default with R, http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Which-add_002don-packages-exist-for-R_003f either the base packages listed in that FAQ or the recommended ones in the list right below it. Removing those packages can cause all sorts of unexpected problems, since they are installed automatically and assumed to be present. I'm not even sure how you know that you don't use them: have you checked the requirements of all the packages that you do use? Sarah On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Christian Hoffmann <christian at echoffmann.ch> wrote:> When executing R CMD check etc. on a package, 00install.out tells me > > Warning in file.copy(file.path(.Library, pkg, "DESCRIPTION"), pd) : > problem copying > /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/MASS/DESCRIPTION to > /var/.... > > although I do not use MASS ( and all the other recently uninstalled > packages). > > Any help ? > TIA > > -- > Christian W. Hoffmann > CH - 8915 Hausen am Albis, Schweiz > Rigiblickstrasse 15 b, Tel.+41-44-7640853 > mailto: christian at echoffmann.ch > home: www.echoffmann.ch >-- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org