Please to both of you: check the advice in the R 2.5.0 alpha version of the rw-FAQ. That has worked for everyone else who has reported a problem with installing packages on Vista.
I've placed a copy online at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/R/rw-FAQ.html specifically http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/R/rw-FAQ.html#I-don_0027t-have-permission-to-write-to-the-R_002d2_002e5_002e0alpha_005clibrary-directory On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > *Sorry for duplicate post - i forgot to tell the error > > > Hi Dieter, > > I am facing the same problem in my case. R 2.4.1 have installed > successfully, but when i try to install the packages from a local zip > file. It gives the following error message. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> utils:::menuInstallLocal() > Error in zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : cannot open file 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.4.1/library/file5d2b5841/aaMI/chtml/aaMI.chm' >> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Please tell me how to install the packages in a corporate environment. I > mean i could not understand your reply, may you be a bit more elaborate so > that i can fix up the problem in my corporate laptop. > > Thanks in advance > -gaurav > > > > > > > Dieter Menne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 30-03-07 12:32 AM > > To > r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > cc > > Subject > Re: [R] Regarding Vista > > > > > > > <christian.ritter <at> shell.com> writes: > >> The Vista issue is not innocent as it threatens the life of R within > large > corporations. So any posts on how R >> runs under Vista and what has to be done to make it work and what cannot > be > done etc will be very useful. > > Main problem seems to be the installation of chm-files when upgrading. I > had to > switch off all security mechanisms to get it done. Which is probably not > what > you would like to have in a corporate environment. > > As a temporary workaround, it would probably be best to optionally disable > chm > installation. Or do a poll if is is required, after all it's considered a > legacy > format nowadays. > > Dieter > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > > > > ============================================================================================ > DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION:\ \ This message and ...{{dropped}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
