Friday, January 16, 2009

Difficulties installing packages under Windows Vista

One person had difficulty installing LearnBayes under Windows Vista. An error message was returned, as follows:
In file.create(f.tg) :
cannot create file
'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.0/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission denied'
Jeff suggests the following fix:
I'm not sure what the problem is, but I know I had problems using R and other software with vista until I turned the "user account control" feature to off. You'll need to do this. Turn it off and keep it off. I've had no ill effects over many months. Go to the windows security center and it'll be clear how to turn it off.

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