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R Error in install.packages : permission denied


I'm trying to install packages employing the command install.packages() in Rstudio Version 1.1.453:

R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23) -- "Joy in Playing"
Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

with R Version 3.5 in Windows 10:

platform       x86_64-w64-mingw32          
arch           x86_64                      
os             mingw32                     
system         x86_64, mingw32             
status                                     
major          3                           
minor          5.0                         
year           2018                        
month          04                          
day            23                          
svn rev        74626                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
nickname       Joy in Playing 

I'm getting the following error:

Error in install.packages :
    cannot open file 'C:/Users/Gabriel/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/file19281116cee/Rcpp/doc/Rcpp-attributes.pdf':
    Permission denied

Thanks a lot for your help.


Solution

  • I solved it with this answer. It's R is installed as if it needs constant admin privileges. That answer shows the correct way of doing it without running into the problem again.