[R] Issues with R3.5.2

[Janh Anni]

This issue only came up after I installed R3.5.2. Never had any problems
with previous installations.  So it is likely a bug in the current
version.  Any suggestions what to do now?

On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 11:06 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> That normally only occurs if you have at some time used elevated
> permissions, beyond which point you fall into a downward spiral of more
> permissions trouble. You are apparently already in trouble, whether it was
> of your own making or due to a bug in the installer.
>
> Also, never update the system R package library... always use a personal
> library.
>
> On December 22, 2018 6:01:44 PM PST, Janh Anni <annijanh using gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hi Jeff,
> >
> >No, during the installation, there was not an option to Run as
> >Administration.  But *after *installation, I found that if I selected
> >Run
> >as Administrator, then I could install packages using install.packages
> >as
> >usual without problems.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Janh
> >
> >On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:26 PM Jeff Newmiller
> ><jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Did you by any chance use Run As Administrator to install R? If so
> >then
> >> you need to uninstall it and delete all files created by it (e.g.
> >> Documents/R/win-lib/3.5/) and re-install using UAC as prompted.
> >>
> >> On December 22, 2018 5:10:27 PM PST, Janh Anni <annijanh using gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >> >Dear R Experts,
> >> >
> >> >I use Windows 10 and just installed the new R version, R3.5.2 but
> >when
> >> >I
> >> >tried to load a data file using read.table, I got an error message
> >like
> >> >this:
> >> >
> >> >*Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection*
> >> >*In addition: Warning message:*
> >> >*In file(file, "rt") :*
> >> >*  cannot open file 'StreamPCB.dat': No such file or directory*
> >> >
> >> >Also, I couldn't install packages using install.packages as usual,
> >> >unless I
> >> >run R as Administrator
> >> >
> >> >I wonder if anyone else had the same issues and any suggestions how
> >to
> >> >fix?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks a lot
> >> >Janh
> >> >
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