Re: [R] Problem installing packages

The first message makes sense, but unfortunately if we cannot reproduce it, we cannot help. The issue appears to be that your OS is garbling file names.

Is this is a translation back from German? The original would appear to be

     unable to move temporary installation '...' to '...'

Could you try a recent R-patched build? There is a possibility that one of two fixes might have fixed this too.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Owe Jessen wrote:

> Owe Jessen schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> when I try installing new packages (in this case DBI) I run into the
>> following problem:
>>
>> Paket 'DBI' erfolgreich ausgepackt und MD5 Summen abgeglichen
>> Warnung: kann temporäre Installation
>> 'C:\Programme\R\R-2.7.0\library\file5f906952\DBI' nicht nach 'ÝxlDÌú

>> $@
\R\R-2.7.0\libra' verschieben
>>
>> Has anybody any idea where these strange symbols come from?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Owe
>>
> Excuse me for not giving much detail:
>
> The OS is Win XP SP2, R is 2.7.0, DBI is 0.2-4, the mirror was Göttingen, but
> I had similar problems with Zürich.
>
> A rough translation of the warning is: " Package 'DBI' successfully extracted
> and MD5 sums successfully checked. Warning: cannot move temporary
> installation 'C:\Programme\R\R-2.7.0\library\file5f906952\DBI' to 'ÝxlDÌú

> $@
\R\R-2.7.0\libra'". The cryptic part is not constant when i repeat the
> installation, another example is 'Ýxl<Ôu
$@
\R\R-2.7.0\libra' or
> 'ÝxlÈ/w
$@
\R\R-2.7.0\libra'.
>
> I hope this makes a bit more sense.
>
> TIA
> Owe
>
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