[R] Problem getting the chron package

[Jeff Newmiller]

Don't say no. It is necessary to run R as Administrator in order to install packages into the Program Files directory, but running R as Administrator leads to other problems. The solution is to say yes when it asks if you want to install in a local library. R will always look first in that library, so you won't notice the fact that the Program Files library is not updated.
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On February 24, 2014 4:14:51 PM PST, David Parkhurst <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu> wrote:
>I'm trying to get the chron package into my system (in Windows 7)
>Using the packages menu, I chose MI chigan
> > chooseCRANmirror()
> > utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
>Then I went to install packages, and clicked on chron from the box that
>
>came up.
>A window popped up and asked "Would you like to use a personal library 
>instead?"
>I clicked on No, then got these messages
>Warning in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, 
>type = type) :
>   'lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.0.2/library"' is not writable
>Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA,
>type 
>= type) :
>   unable to install packages
>How can I get chron?  This happened at three different mirrors.
>Thanks for any help
>David
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