Thanks for the replies (also in private messages). Sounds like this is indeed the case. Installing R from a user account on Windows may appear to work fine, with no major error messages returned, but can cause problems later when installing R packages. Uninstalling then re-installing R as administrator should fix things.
Definitely something to keep in mind for the next workshop if Windows users have problems installing R packages. Best regards, Lukas On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Dale Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, this is how you should install R - right-click and run as > administrator. Ditto with RStudio. > > But install R in a folder without spaces. I use C:\R. Each version will be > installed in its own subfolder. > > Dale Smith > > > On Sep 12, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Lukas Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > >
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