[R] Issues with R3.5.2

[Jeff Newmiller]

Yes, that would be the personal library.

There is one question in the installer that asks if you would like to create a personal library... I have always said yes, but I could imagine that saying no could lead to problems.

On December 24, 2018 2:43:24 PM PST, Janh Anni <annijanh using gmail.com> wrote:
>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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