Ista, can you send me the output of ls -l /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/
and ls -ld `find /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/lattice` please? (assuming you didn't touch lattice since the error). If the permissions changed for some reason, you can restore the CRAN defaults by running sudo chown -R root:admin /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources sudo chmod -R ug+w /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources Thanks, Simon On Feb 29, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: > Thank you for the quick response Simon. Unfortunately I'm still > having problems. When I try to run update using the GUI (after > clicking on the lock in the GUI and authenticating) I get a message > saying that it is "not possible to install binary packages from a > remote repository as root." > > I've tried starting R from the terminal as root (sudo R) and issuing > the update.packages() command, but I still get the "cannot remove > prior installation" error. > > I've even tried modifying the permissions on /Library/Frameworks/ > R.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/library, without effect. > > This is actually even more worrisome than I first thought, because > after the installation fails I find that the package that cannot be > removed is no longer installed! For example, after the first error > the boot package was no longer installed. When I reissued the > update.packages command again the error message skipped to the next > package in the list (i.e., "Error: cannot remove prior installation > of package ‘lattice’"). > > I was able to reinstall boot and lattice without incident, but I'm > finding the whole business very strange. > > Thanks again for the quick response, and for any additional help you > might be able to offer. > -Ista > On Feb 29, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > >> >> On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> When I try to update packages I get an error saying >>> >>> Error: cannot remove prior installation of package ‘boot’ >>> >>> This happens both when I use the GUI and when I issue >>> update.packages() from the command prompt. Does anyone know what the >>> problem might be? I'm running R 2.6.2 on OS X 10.5.2. >>> >> >> It is highly likely that you don't have enough permissions to >> delete the "boot" package. Login as admin and/or root and remove >> the package. Alternatively, if you are admin, you can authorize as >> root (by clicking on the lock in the R GUI toolbar) and perform the >> upgrade. Be sure to de-authorize after you're done (by clicking on >> the lock symbol again). >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
