Thanks for pointing at this. But you know, the user is writable. R is installing Packages in /Documents/R/win-library which works fine so I find it absolutely naturally that update should work as well. Especially since when I install the packages it gets the latest version, library loads this latest version but update still does want to update this latest package with the package I already installed and fails ...
In my opinion the update on windows is simply buggy. I think one should definitely not turn UAC off. ( its a good security feature). Btw. MikTeX 2.6 is able to deal with UAC - I can update my latex packages without any problems even though they are in the Program File directory (and also on-the-fly installation does work) ... Stefan -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:[R] update packages with R on Vista: error From: R. Villegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Stefan Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07.06.2007 23:13 > If R is installed within "Program Files", one of Vista's security > settings may interfere with the -update- process. > > The setting may be disabled globally by choosing: > Windows (Start) menu, Control Panels, User Accounts and Family > Safety (green title), User Accounts (green title), and > Turn User Account Control on or off (very bottom). You will be > prompted for permission to continue; click continue. On the > screen you will see a checkbox titled "Use User Account Control > (UAC) to help protect your computer". Uncheck this and click > the OK button to save the changes. Windows Vista will now allow > programs, including R, to update files in "Program Files". > > Rod. ______________________________________________ [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.
