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Unable to move temporary installation R issue

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wkmustahs21 • 0

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I am trying to resolve this issue, so far I have tried this script:

trace(utils:::unpackPkgZip, edit=TRUE)

Line 140 and change Sys.sleep(0.5) to Sys.sleep(2.5).

But I think R is not accepting this change.... I get this message: Tracing function "unpackPkgZip" in package "utils (not-exported)" 1 "unpackPkgZip"

Can someone please give me a step-step on how to fix this?

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ADD COMMENT • link updated 5.9 years ago by Martin Morgan 25k • written 5.9 years ago by wkmustahs21 • 0

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Can you provide more information about what you are trying to do, e.g., R function that you are calling and that is causing problems?

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago Martin Morgan 25k

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Hi Martin

I am trying to install the swirl package and during the installation of the package I get messages like this:

Warning: unable to move temporary installation ‘C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\R\win-library\3.1\file298c210c3209\spatial’ to ‘C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\R\win-library\3.1\spatial’
package ‘survival’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

so I tried the line in the script mentioned above but then I make that change and save it.....I get the "not exported" message.

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago wkmustahs21 • 0

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Martin Morgan 25k

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This might be because there is not enough space in the target location, or that another process (e.g., R session, but also file manager or any program) is accessing a file in the target location. Use your file manager to make sure that C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\R\win-library\3.1\spatial does not exist. Make sure that your R session itself is not using the spatial package (does not appear in the output of sessionInfo()).

R-3.1 is very old.

ADD COMMENT • link 5.9 years ago Martin Morgan 25k

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Hi Martin

Can you please clarify something for me, when you say, "Use your file manager to make sure that C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\R\win-library\3.1\spatial does not exist."

Are you indicating that if I do find this file should I delete it?

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago wkmustahs21 • 0

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Yes; note that this will mean that the (old) version of spatial is no longer available.

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago Martin Morgan 25k

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Thank you, I will give this a try. Also can you explain more about this: "...R session itself is not using the spatial package" these packages come up on their own when installing the swirl package, so how do I modify this?

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago wkmustahs21 • 0

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It seems like you try to install swirl, and in the process R realizes that spatial is out-of-date. So R tries to install spatial. Instead, try to install the spatial package alone. If that works, then install swirl.

ADD REPLY • link 5.9 years ago Martin Morgan 25k