Unable to install the package "flipMultivariates" caused by possible permission denied

[LuciaPelliccia]

Windows version: 10 Pro
Rstudio version: 3.6.1

Initially i encountered a problem during the installation of some packages like "rlang", "dplry", ... due
to the following error: "unable to remove previous version". I solved this first error installing each one of
them individually restarting RStudio each time.

After that i found a different error that i'm not able to solve. During the installation of the package "rhtmlLabeledScatter", RStudio seems to be unable to create the declared folder inside /AppData/Local/Temp.
May it be related to some permission issue?

Thanks in advance.

[jrwishart]

RStudio can sometimes have issues installing packages. Have you attempted to do the installation via the standard windows RGui.exe or even via R CMD INSTALL? Depending on you library location, it also might require administrator privileges. It is hard to pinpoint exactly since your setup might have directory permission issues as you mentioned.

[ninsignares]

Hi @LuciaPelliccia.
I solved the problem by running R as administrator. I tried package installation on my personal Mac and it ran smoothly, so I came back to my job laptop and run R as administrator, with an user outside corporate domain and it ran just perfect.

I strongly recommend to install all Displayr packages from a R Gui launched from an administrator user.

I have to say, in advance, that I always install R in a D:\R folder, so all users that have access to my laptop can use it. So if you are not administrator and you has not installed your R version in a folder outside your user environment, this solution may fail, because packages will be installed in the admin user personal folder. However, give it a try and come back with news about it.

If you can become an administrator for your pc, the best solution could be ask for it.

Stay safe!

Nelson

[andeancondor]

I followed this answer on the "rhtmlDonut" issue webpage, i replace the "Displayr/rhtmlDonut" with "Displayr/flipMultivariates" and it did the job.