Hi all, I was doing some work on an old Windows laptop today (I usually use a Mac), and had some problems installing packages. It told me packages were not available for the current version of R, and should be compiled from source instead -- but trying this with Rtools also didn't work.
Eventually I realized the problem was due to R being installed from a user account without administrative rights. Removing R and re-installing it with administrative rights (i.e. simply right-click on the .exe and select "Run as administrator", then enter password) fixed things. Is this something that anyone else has also noticed? We had some problems installing packages on Windows laptops at a recent Data Carpentry workshop, so maybe it was the same issue. If anyone who uses Windows regularly can confirm this, then I suggest we add something to the R section of the installation instructions, noting that R should be installed with administrative rights, i.e. right-click and select "Run as administrator" instead of simply double-clicking on the downloaded .exe file. Alternatively it may simply be something to do with my system (recently upgraded to Windows 10). I'm sure we have some Windows experts on this list, who know more about this one way or the other. Lukas Lukas Weber PhD student University of Zurich, Switzerland
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