I clicked on the download link at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html and then opened the downloaded file which starts the installation process. I specified a new directory that does not exist, R-test, to be sure that it would not get confused with an old directory.
I repeated this using different directories and on different days. I tried it from a user and an Admin account. If I use the exact same procedure to install R-4.0.3patched it works. I have successfully downloaded and installed R maybe hundreds of times over the last 10 to 20 years and have never before encountered this. On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:13 AM Jeroen Ooms <jeroeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM Gabor Grothendieck > <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > When I try to install r-devel on Windows all I get is this. No other > > files. This also occurred yesterday as well. > > It just tested it to be sure, but it works fine for me. Are you using > the official installer from > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html ? > > The default install path is not R-test C:\Program Files\R\R-devel. > Perhaps you have old files lingering from previous installations that > cause permission problems during the installation process? -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
