yes, I loged in as admin. and that fixed the problem, but when I type ?fdim I don't get the help docs, why? even though I have all the htmls under C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\library\fdim\html
thanks --- Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:30:25 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >Error in int.unzip(zipname, NULL, dest) : > destination > >does not exist > > > > R tries to build a temporary directory to hold the > files, and it > sounds as though it's failing when it does that. > You can see the sort > of name it is trying to use with this command: > > > tempfile(,.libPaths()[1]) > [1] "F:/R/cvs/r-devel/library\\file27447" > > If you don't have permission to create a directory > with that name, > then the command will fail. I'd guess that's your > problem. > > The way around this is to install the library in a > local path, instead > of one where you don't have write access. You can > do this within a > session by calling > > .libPaths('c:/newpath') > > and on the command line that invoked R by adding the > argument > "R_LIBS=c:/newpath". > > Notice the use of the forward slash, not a > backslash, in the path > name. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html