R and RStudio installation and package error
Solution 1
I don't know why R 3.4.1 changes the library path. To change it back, simply edit /etc/R/Renviron
:
$ sudo gedit /etc/R/Renviron
Comment-out R_LIBS_SITE=...
then uncomment R_LIBS_USER=...
# edd Jun 2017 Comment-out R_LIBS_USER
R_LIBS_USER=${R_LIBS_USER-'~/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4'}
# edd Apr 2003 Allow local install in /usr/local, also add a directory for
# Debian packaged CRAN packages, and finally the default dir
# edd Jul 2007 Now use R_LIBS_SITE, not R_LIBS
#R_LIBS_SITE=${R_LIBS_SITE-'/usr/local/lib/R/site-library:/usr/lib/R/site-library:/usr/lib/R/library'}
Solution 2
This answer is about installing additional R packages within R and RStudio. If you are looking for how to install R and RStudio see Installing RStudio -- is this very different from other packages?
Two Ways to Install R packages
I do not recommend RStudio or R with sudo
privileges. Running a single R command with sudo
like sudo R INSTALL fGarch
should be fine. The two methods described below are other alternatives.
1. R package as Ubuntu software
As you use R, you will need to install other R packages. Sometimes these are available in the repositories. Say the r package you want it fGarch
then the package in the repositories is called r-cran-fGarch
. Open a terminal by pressing Cntrl+Alt+T and enter:
sudo apt install r-cran-fGarch
Installing R packages in this way has two benefits:
- It will keep
fGarch
up-to-date. WheneverfGarch
is updated in R-Cran repository, it will be updated in your computer along with the system update process. - All users of this computer will be able to use the
fGarch
package within R and RStudio.
However, not every R package has a corresponding precompiled installation deb
package in the Cran repository. fGarch
just happens to to one of them. So, the above method does not work for this package.
2. R Package from inside RStudio
R packages such as fGarch
can be easily installed and updated from inside RStudio. If you do this, you will see the error message and find that RStudio puts the new files (including updates) inside in your home directory /home/<user>/R/site-library/
. This is fine if you are the only user of this computer who use R and RStudio. The "warning" you see will not stop you from using the package fGarch
. However, other users of this computer won't have access to it.
One way to solve this problem and let RStudio install all future additional packages in their proper place is to add yourself to the group staff
. Open a terminal by pressing Cntrl+Alt+T and enter:
sudo adduser <user> staff
Replace <user>
with your username.
After this, you will get the option of installing or updating packages /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/
or in /home/<user>/R/site-library/
. Then you will be able to choose the former as the default install location.
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5560139/install-r-package-xml-in-debian-ubuntu
Hope this helps
Solution 3
If you want to install the R add-on package for all users to /usr/local/lib
you'll need to give R super-user privileges to create files there. To install R add-on packages as super-user run:
sudo R CMD INSTALL <PACKAGES…>
where you replace <PACKAGES…>
by the names of any number add-on packages to install.
If you want to install a package for yourself only you don't need to give R super-user privileges but you need to specify an installation target. One convenient way to do this is with an environment variable:
export R_LIBS_USER=<PATH>
where you replace <PATH>
by the path to a directory for your user-specific R packages. I recommend ~/.local/lib/R/site-library
. Now you can install the packages:
R CMD INSTALL <PACKAGES…>
You'll need to assure that this environment variable is set before starting R or it won't find the packages installed to that location. The best option would be to append the above export
command to the file ~/.profile
. See Environment Variables for more.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Sumeet Deshmukh over 1 year
After installing R and RStudio in Ubuntu 16.04 with the following code:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install r-base sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
and
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb sudo gdebi rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb
I am trying to install packages and I am getting errors in R console like
install.packages("fGarch") Installing package into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’ (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) Warning in install.packages : 'lib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable
As I am new in Linux I do not know in which directory install the R packages. I am not sure whether this is the problem or if I did any mistake on the installation. Can anyone help me with this issue? Thanks in advance.
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Admin almost 7 yearsI found a question like yours, and they have found a answer that your for them. Try to follow this link: stackoverflow.com/questions/15170399/…
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Sumeet Deshmukh almost 7 yearsCould you clear it up a little bit?
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Nik P almost 7 yearsI cleared it up, now just run your install packages through the terminal as if you were inside R studio