Just to update everyone, I found out the source of the problem: antivirus. The "real time file system protection" was blocking R from copying the files between folders once they were downloaded. Upon adding the R directory to the exception list, the problem went away :)
(I updated my post with the above information: http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/) I hope it will help someone in the future, Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: [email protected] | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Tal Galili <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using R 2.13.0 with windows 7, after giving my user full privileges to > the R folder (as described > here<http://www.r-statistics.com/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-r-on-windows-7/> > ). > This allows me to install new packages just fine. > > However, when using update.packages(), to update existing packages, I keep > getting the following error (for example, when updating the MASS package): > > package 'MASS' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > Warning: unable to move temporary installation 'C:\Program > Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\file6cae3bcf\MASS' to 'C:\Program > Files\R\R-2.13.0\library\MASS' > > Any suggestions on how to fix this? > > > Thanks, > Tal > > > ----------------Contact > Details:------------------------------------------------------- > Contact me: [email protected] | 972-52-7275845 > Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | > www.r-statistics.com (English) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list 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.
