[Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It works on Solaris 8 for me, and this is checked as part of the 
alpha/beta process.

The code is the same on Linux and Solaris, after all, so this would have 
to be a Solaris shell bug.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> Paul Gilbert wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>
>>> Dean, David P wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear list,
>>>>
>>>> I've just installed R-2.2.0 under Solaris and have a question about
>>>> installing packages. If a package fails to install for any reason and
>>>> I go
>>>> to install another package, I get this message:
>>>>
>>>> $ R-2.2.0-64bit --vanilla CMD INSTALL
>>>> ~/srca/cran/RSQLite_0.4-0.tar.gz ERROR: failed to lock directory
>>>> '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library' for modifying
>>>> Try removing '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library/00LOCK'
>>>>
>>>> I can remove the lock directory by hand, and then the next package
>>>> installs,
>>>> but this makes it quite difficult to download and install a batch of
>>>> packages from CRAN or Biocondctor! Is this lock directory a new
>>>> feature with
>>>> R-2.2.0? Is there a work around in the R build itself or the
>>>> installation
>>>> scripts?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No, not a new feature in R-2.2.0, it has been there for some time now.
>>>
>>>
>> I have the impression the feature behaves slightly differently as of
>> R-2.2.0. Now the 00LOCK file is not removed in Solaris when there is an
>> unsuccessful install. (In Linux I think it does get removed.)
>
> Yes, under both Linux and Windows it is removed.
>
> Can anybody else check on Solaris, please? Or can David Dean debug on
> his machine?
>
> In particular, we need exact system information, because it seems to be
> an OS/platform specific problem.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>
>> Paul Gilbert
>>
>>> After a *successful* installation, the 00LOCK directory should be
>>> deleted by the installation tools themselves.
>>> After an unsuccessful installation, the installation tools should
>>> restore the stuff in the 00LOCK directory.
>>> Do you abort the installtion manually (this is the only way I figured
>>> out how not to remove 00LOCK automatically)?
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Much thanks!!!
>>>> --------------------- David P Dean
>>>> Research Informatics
>>>> PGRD Groton Labs
>>>> (860)-441-5053
>>>> david.p.dean at pfizer.com
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