Eliseo Di Folco
Eliseo Di Folco

Reputation: 151

Warning in install.packages : unable to move temporary installation in R 3.5

I am getting this classic error in R

unable to move temporary installation ‘\zrheaf00\users$\807140\R\win-library\3.5\file26bc1bee38f9\fields’ to ‘\zrheaf00\users$\807140\R\win-library\3.5\fields’

in previous versions it was possible to fix by

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

Nevertheless this version does not have the sys.time option. Is there any solution for 3.5?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 453

Answers (2)

Roy Sanderson
Roy Sanderson

Reputation: 43

This problem exists in R 3.5 on network folders in Windows 10, and the sys.sleep solution is no longer relevant unfortunately. I have full read/write permissions on the network drive where R install libraries, but still receive this error. I do not have admin rights for the machine and therefore cannot switch off anti-virus software.

Upvotes: 0

user6606453
user6606453

Reputation: 71

I think the culprit maybe your antivirus software/app. I disabled mine and the error message disappeared.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions