[Rd] Package Installation in RGui (PR#7262)

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de
Sat Mar 12 16:03:16 CET 2005


I think this is a FAQ, hence not appropriate on ANY mailing list:

Please read a) The R for Windows FAQs, Section (currently 3.8) 
"update.packages() fails" and b) note that VR is a package bundle, hence 
nothing dubious if library(VR) fails. Also, if package MASS has been 
loaded, you cannot update the VR bundle.


Uwe Ligges



Keith Wong wrote:

> In reference to the thread 
> http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/04/10/0859.html
> 
> I have the same problem updating packages with newly-installed version 
> of released version of R 2.0.1. Previous posts refer to a bug in 
> windows. I wonder if there is a work-around? This probably should go to 
> R-help but it follows on from the post in R-devel. Apologies in advance.
> 
> OS: Windows XP Professional, with current patches. I have administrator 
> rights.
> R version 2.0.1 released version (newly re-installed).
> 
> Problem:
> update.packages() downloads the binaries, but installation stops with 
> the same error message, and the package to be upgraded disappears entirely:
> 
> package 'boot' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'cluster' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'foreign' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'KernSmooth' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'nlme'
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to move temp installation 
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library\file30867/foreign' to 
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library/foreign'
>  > library(nlme)
> Error in library(nlme) : There is no package called 'nlme'
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
>  > update.packages()
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES'
> Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 26Kb
> 
> boot :
>  Version 1.2-20 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 1.2-22 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> VR :
>  Version 7.2-10 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 7.2-12 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> cluster :
>  Version 1.9.6 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 1.9.7 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> foreign :
>  Version 0.8-0 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 0.8-5 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> KernSmooth :
>  Version 2.22-14 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 2.22-15 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> lattice :
>  Version 0.10-14 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 0.10-16 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> nlme :
>  Version 3.1-53 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 3.1-56 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> rpart :
>  Version 3.1-20 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 3.1-22 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> survival :
>  Version 2.15 in C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library
>  Version 2.16 on CRAN
> Update (y/N)?  y
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/boot_1.2-22.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 767540 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 749Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/VR_7.2-12.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 1551825 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 1515Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/cluster_1.9.7.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 472995 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 461Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/foreign_0.8-5.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 172108 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 168Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/KernSmooth_2.22-15.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 95039 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 92Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/lattice_0.10-16.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 650372 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 635Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/nlme_3.1-56.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 2144937 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 2094Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/rpart_3.1-22.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 233548 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 228Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/survival_2.16.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 954786 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 932Kb
> 
> package 'boot' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'cluster' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'foreign' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'KernSmooth' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'nlme'
> In addition: Warning message:
> unable to move temp installation 
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library\file30867/foreign' to 
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2001/library/foreign'
>  > library(nlme)
> Error in library(nlme) : There is no package called 'nlme'
>  > library(lattice)
>  > library(boot)
> 
> Attaching package 'boot':
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:lattice :
> 
>          melanoma
> 
>  > library(rpart)
>  > library(survival)
> Loading required package: splines
> 
> Attaching package 'survival':
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:boot :
> 
>          aml
> 
>  > library(VR)
> Error in library(VR) : There is no package called 'VR'
>  > library(cluster)
>  > library(foreign)
> Error in library(foreign) : There is no package called 'foreign'
>  > library(KernSmooth)
> KernSmooth 2.22 installed
> Copyright M. P. Wand 1997
>  > library(lattice)
>  > local({a <- CRAN.packages()
> + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], 
> available=a, dependencies=TRUE)})
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES'
> Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 26Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/nlme_3.1-56.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 2144937 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 2094Kb
> 
> package 'nlme' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> 
> Delete downloaded files (y/N)?
> The packages are in C:\DOCUME~1\KeithW\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp6848\Rinstdir19641
> updating HTML package descriptions
>  > local({a <- CRAN.packages()
> + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], 
> available=a, dependencies=TRUE)})
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/PACKAGES'
> Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 26875 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 26Kb
> 
> trying URL 
> `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.0/VR_7.2-12.zip'
> Content type `application/zip' length 1551825 bytes
> opened URL
> downloaded 1515Kb
> 
> bundle 'VR' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> Error: Can not remove prior installation of package 'MASS'
>  >
> 
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