[R] Issues with R3.5.2

[Janh Anni]

I am sorry I forgot to mention - I just looked in the
Documents\R\win-Library directory and only found folders for previous R
versions, specifically R3.0, 3.1 and 3.4.  So I must have deleted the R3.5
folder as you initially advised or it was removed during the
un-installation.  Unless I am misunderstanding what you mean by the R3.5
personal package library?  Thanks again

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 4:28 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

>
>
> On December 24, 2018 11:14:40 AM PST, Janh Anni <annijanh using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >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?
>
> No.
>
> > Also, there’s never a prompt during the
> >installation to Run as Administrator, so that could not possibly be the
> >cause
>
> Yes, you have to go out of your way to Run As Administrator (RAA).
> However, regardless of how you initially encountered a problem, once you
> did that there could be any number of files contaminated with permissions
> issues.
>
> Specifically, I said to delete your 3.5 personal package library, but your
> description is not specific so I suspect you may not have done that.
> However, any file modified by you intentionally or not while using RAA
> could be causing your problems now, so now it is up to you to find those
> files somehow.
>
> >
> > 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
>
> I doubt the "team" will spend much time looking at this based on your
> descriptions so far. They need something reproducible, and the fact that
> you already used RAA to "fix" the problem makes anything you did prior to
> that almost impossible to reproduce.
>
> fortunes:::fortune(337)
>
> >
> >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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> >> >code.
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