installed directory not writable, cannot update packages 'boot', 'class', 'KernSmooth', 'mgcv', 'nnet', 'rpart', 'spatial'
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Solution
I faced the same problem working in R-studio. The solution is to give root access to R.
In Windows, that means you need to run the program as an Administrator.
In Unix/Linux, you should launch R from the terminal by doing `sudo R`.
Then, once you're running with sufficient privileges, you can try installing your package and it should work.
Problem
I installed the Bioconductor packages on R version 3.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 and received the message below: The downloaded source packages are in ‘/tmp/RtmpZYw0Qp/downloaded_packages’ Warning message: installed directory not writable, cannot update packages 'boot', 'class', 'KernSmooth', 'mgcv', 'nnet', 'rpart', 'spatial' What does it mean, and how does it affect using the above packages on R?