[R] UNIX Installation of package "systemfit" fails

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Thu Feb 5 12:01:00 CET 2009


Please read your output which tells you several times:

"Try removing 
'/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'"


Uwe Ligges



Yong Wang wrote:
> Dear list
> I am trying to install the systemfit package under unix,
> 
> install.packages(systemfit)
> 
> the installation failed. I am attaching the error and version
> information below,
> (if dependencies=TRUE, much more error)
> any help appreciated
> 
> best,
> yong
> 
> =====================================================================
>> install.packages("systemfit")
> Warning in install.packages("systemfit") :
>   argument 'lib' is missing: using
> '/usr/home/d/068/meta/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> CRAN mirror
> 
>  1: Argentina                   2: Australia
>  3: Austria                     4: Belgium
>  5: Brazil (PR)                 6: Brazil (RJ)
>  7: Brazil (SP 1)               8: Brazil (SP 2)
>  9: Canada (BC)                10: Canada (ON)
> 11: Chile                      12: China
> 13: Croatia                    14: Denmark
> 15: France (Toulouse)          16: France (Lyon)
> 17: France (Paris)             18: Germany (Goettingen)
> 19: Germany (Muenchen)         20: Iran
> 21: Ireland                    22: Italy (Milano)
> 23: Italy (Padua)              24: Italy (Palermo)
> 25: Japan (Aizu)               26: Japan (Tokyo)
> 27: Japan (Tsukuba)            28: Korea
> 29: Mexico                     30: Netherlands (Amsterdam 2)
> 31: Netherlands (Utrecht)      32: New Zealand
> 33: Norway                     34: Poland (Oswiecim)
> 35: Poland (Wroclaw)           36: Portugal
> 37: Russia                     38: Singapore 1
> 39: Singapore 2                40: Slovenia (Ljubljana)
> 41: South Africa               42: Spain (Madrid)
> 43: Sweden                     44: Switzerland
> 45: Taiwan (Taichung)          46: Taiwan (Taipeh)
> 47: Thailand                   48: Turkey
> 49: UK (Bristol)               50: USA (CA 1)
> 51: USA (CA 2)                 52: USA (IA)
> 53: USA (MI)                   54: USA (MO)
> 55: USA (NC)                   56: USA (OH)
> 57: USA (PA 1)                 58: USA (PA 2)
> 59: USA (TX 1)                 60: USA (TX 2)
> 61: USA (WA)
> 
> Selection: 57
> also installing the dependencies âzooâ, âMatrixâ, âcarâ, âlmtestâ
> 
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/zoo_1.5-4.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 609057 bytes (594 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 594 Kb
> 
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/Matrix_0.999375-20.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1954872 bytes (1.9 Mb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 1.9 Mb
> 
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/car_1.2-12.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 220728 bytes (215 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 215 Kb
> 
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/lmtest_0.9-22.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 191099 bytes (186 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 186 Kb
> 
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/src/contrib/systemfit_1.0-8.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 727116 bytes (710 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 710 Kb
> 
> ERROR: failed to lock directory
> '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7' for
> modifying
> Try removing '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'
> ERROR: failed to lock directory
> '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7' for
> modifying
> Try removing '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'
> ERROR: failed to lock directory
> '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7' for
> modifying
> Try removing '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'
> ERROR: failed to lock directory
> '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7' for
> modifying
> Try removing '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'
> ERROR: failed to lock directory
> '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7' for
> modifying
> Try removing '/usr/home/d/068/wangyong/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.7/00LOCK'
> 
> The downloaded packages are in
>         /tmp/RtmpJ28hPv/downloaded_packages
> Warning messages:
> 1: In install.packages("systemfit") :
>   installation of package 'zoo' had non-zero exit status
> 2: In install.packages("systemfit") :
>   installation of package 'Matrix' had non-zero exit status
> 3: In install.packages("systemfit") :
>   installation of package 'car' had non-zero exit status
> 4: In install.packages("systemfit") :
>   installation of package 'lmtest' had non-zero exit status
> 5: In install.packages("systemfit") :
>   installation of package 'systemfit' had non-zero exit status
>>
>>
>> version
>                _
> platform       x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> arch           x86_64
> os             linux-gnu
> system         x86_64, linux-gnu
> status
> major          2
> minor          7.0
> year           2008
> month          04
> day            22
> svn rev        45424
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> 
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