The messages tell you that the package files were successfully downloaded and extracted, but could not be added to the package library. Try making sure all instances of R are closed down before running the install.packages function. Also, just to be clear, avoid running R "As Administrator" under Windows unless you plan to fix the resulting mess yourself. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On September 12, 2017 10:58:14 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: >I don't use Windows, but this looks like a Windows permissions issue, >no? > >You could try moving them yourself manually or create another library >directory that R can access to put them in. > >... or wait and hope for advice from someone who uses Windows to give >you a >definitive answer. > >Cheers, >Bert > > > >Bert Gunter > >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >and >sticking things into it." >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > >On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Paul Bernal <paulberna...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Hope you are doing great. I am currently using R version 3.4.1 >("Single >> Candle") and was trying to install packages RODBC and RODBCext using >the >> following steps: >> >> > install.packages("RODBCext") >> Installing package into >‘C:/Users/PaulBernal/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’ >> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) >> also installing the dependency ‘RODBC’ >> >> trying URL ' >> >https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/RODBC_1.3-15.zip' >> Content type 'application/zip' length 831635 bytes (812 KB) >> downloaded 812 KB >> >> trying URL ' >> >https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/RODBCext_0.3.1.zip >> ' >> Content type 'application/zip' length 276687 bytes (270 KB) >> downloaded 270 KB >> >> package ‘RODBC’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> Warning: unable to move temporary installation >> >‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\filedd64ac13805\RODBC’ >to >> ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\RODBC’ # I dont >> understand >> this Warning message I mean why was it unable to move a previous >> installation? >> package ‘RODBCext’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >> Warning: unable to move temporary installation >> ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\ >> filedd6447315795\RODBCext’ >> to ‘C:\Users\PaulBernal\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\RODBCext’ >> >> The downloaded binary packages are in >> >> C:\Users\PaulBernal\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpk7SkD5\downloaded_packages >> >> > library("RODBC") >> Error in library("RODBC") : there is no package called ‘RODBC’ >> >> > library("RODBCext") >> Error in library("RODBCext") : there is no package called ‘RODBCext’ >> >> If packages RODBC and RODBCext were successfully installed, why am I >not >> able to load those packages? >> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated, >> >> Paul >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@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. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.