Either switch the library path to a writable directory or run it as a su or sudo so you have the necessary permissions.
Cheers, Josh On Dec 26, 2010, at 20:45, eric <ericst...@aol.com> wrote: > > I'm running Linux Ubuntu and tried to update my packages using the > update.package() command. It appeared to download the updates ok but I got > the following message: > > > The downloaded packages are in ‘/tmp/RtmpFM82Ry/downloaded_packages’ > Warning in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = > contriburl, : > 'lib = "/usr/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable > Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl = > contriburl, : > unable to install packages > Calls: update.packages -> install.packages > > What does this mean ? And more importantly, how do I address it ? > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/package-update-tp3164690p3164690.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
