[R] Issues with R3.5.2

[Janh Anni]

Hello Jeff, Martin,

I deleted 3.5.2 as suggested and tried 3.5.1 but still had the same
problems.  I still couldn't use read.table to load a data file and still
had an error message when I tried to install a package. Usually after
installing a new version of R, I would go to the R icon on the desktop,
right click on it, click on Properties and then specify the folder that
contains my data files in the "Start in" box, so that R automatically has
access to my data files.  Could that possibly be causing problems with
these newer versions of R? Also, there’s never a prompt during the
installation to Run as Administrator, so that could not possibly be the
cause

 I also just tried Version 3.4.4, and had no problems whatsoever either
with using read.table to load data files or downloading packages.  So there
must be some changes from version 3.5 onward that created the issues.
Hopefully this will be looked at more closely by the team with  a view to
resolving the issues

Thanks,

Janh

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 1:31 AM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> You could delete your 3.5 personal package library (using the File
> Explorer with Run as Admin if necessary) and re-install your packages
> without running as Admin. If that does not work try uninstalling R and
> re-installing 3.5.1.
>
> On December 22, 2018 8:16:11 PM PST, Janh Anni <annijanh using gmail.com> wrote:
> >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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