[R] Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Joanna Papakonstantinou
<joanna.papa at gmail.com> wrote:
> I installed R on my Windows laptop in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2
>
> and am able to open RGUI  (640bit), see packages and run commands. However,
> when I test the installation and run the basic tests and all the tests on
> the standard and recommended packages i.e.:
>
>       library("tools")
>
>       testInstalledBasic("both")
>
>       testInstalledPackages("base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)
>
>       testInstalledPackages("recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE)
>
>
>
> I am getting errors such as:
>
>  > testInstalledPackages("base",errorsAreFatal=FALSE)
>
>  Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory
>
>
>
> my working driectory is:
>
>>getwd()
>
> [1] "C:/Users/jpapa/Documents"
>  In which I see R folder as well as the .rData from my last session.
>
> what does the wd have to do with the output directory? Do  I need to create
> an output directory? DO I need to setwd(outDir)?
>
> do i need to change the wd (for example to the Pogram Files directory where
> R is installed or to another directory I need to create? if so, how do I do
> this?
>
>
>
>
>
> i also noticed that i have packages in
>
> \library ‘C:/Users/jpapa/Documents/R/win-library/2.15’
>
> and in library ‘C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/library’.
>
> Do all packages need to be in one place? If so, should they be in my
> Documents or in Program Files?

Its likely trying to write in the C:\Program Files tree but lacks
permission. Run R with Administrator permissions or re-install R
elsewhere, e.g. C:\R

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