[R] Using RCMD INSTALL under Spanish version of windows.

[Jan Graffelman]

Here is a solution for the posted problem.

Under the Spanish version of Windows 7, inside Windows Explorer, the 
directory where R is installed appears as

C:\Archivos de programa\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64

If you wish to compile a personal libary, this suggests you should 
extend the search path by changing the environmental
variable PATH to Path=C:\Archivos de 
programa\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64;C:\windows;C:etc......

However, the real name of the directory is not "Archivos de programa" 
but "Program files", this will become evident if
you open a DOS window on C:\

So if you change the environmental variable PATH to Path=C:\Program 
files\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64;C:\windows;C:etc......

then the problem is over and RCMD INSTALL MyPackages installs MyPackages 
without the error message

In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
   path[1]="c:/ARCHIV~1/R/R-31~1.0/library": Acceso denegado

Jan.

On 02/07/2014 0:12, Jan Graffelman wrote:
> Using RCMD INSTALL with R-version 3.1.0 under a Spanish Windows 7 
> gives the following error message:
>
> rcmd INSTALL MyPackages
> Mensajes de aviso perdidos
> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>   path[1]="c:/ARCHIV~1/R/R-31~1.0/library": Acceso denegado C
> Mensajes de aviso perdidos
> package "methods" in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> Durante la inicialización - Mensajes de aviso perdidos
> 1: package 'datasets' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> 2: package 'utils' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> 3: package 'grDevices' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> 4: package 'graphics' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> 5: package 'stats' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> 6: package 'methods' in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> Error en normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>   path[1]="c:/ARCHIV~1/R/R-31~1.0/library/tools": Acceso denegado
> Calls: ::: ... tryCatch -> tryCatchList -> tryCatchOne -> <Anonymous>
> Ejecución interrumpida
>
> The user running this command has all permissions to modify the
> directory C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.0\library, as is also clear from the
> fact that installing a package by install.packages() works.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Jan.
>


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