it is on 64 bit windows 7 Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library are only read, i can not change it ownloaded packages are in C:\Users\shangao\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpuiUNvI\downloaded_packages Warning message: 'boot' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'cluster' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'foreign' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'MASS' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'Matrix' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'mgcv' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'nlme' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'rpart' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable 'survival' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not writeable R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 [2] LC_CTYPE=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 [3] LC_MONETARY=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C [5] LC_TIME=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] BiocInstaller_1.2.1 DESeq_1.6.1 locfit_1.5-6 lattice_0.20-0 [5] akima_0.5-7 Biobase_2.14.0 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] annotate_1.32.1 AnnotationDbi_1.16.16 DBI_0.2-5 [4] genefilter_1.36.0 geneplotter_1.32.1 grid_2.14.1 [7] IRanges_1.12.6 RColorBrewer_1.0-5 RSQLite_0.11.1 [10] splines_2.14.1 survival_2.36-10 tools_2.14.1 [13] xtable_1.7-0 -- shan gao Room 231(Dr.Fei lab) Boyce Thompson Institute Cornell University Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-1801 Office phone: 1-607-254-1267(day) Official email:sg839 at cornell.edu Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001986532253

You'll have to acquire sufficient privileges to alter the installed image. Read R Installation and Administration manual at the R-project web site manuals link. This is not a Bioconductor problem per se, and further concerns should be taken to r-help. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:48 PM, wang peter <wng.peter@gmail.com> wrote: > it is on 64 bit windows 7 > > Program Files/R/R-2.14.1/library are only read, i can not change it > > ownloaded packages are in > C:\Users\shangao\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpuiUNvI\downloaded_packages > Warning message: > 'boot' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not > writeable > 'cluster' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' > not writeable > 'foreign' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' > not writeable > 'MASS' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not > writeable > 'Matrix' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' > not writeable > 'mgcv' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not > writeable > 'nlme' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not > writeable > 'rpart' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' not > writeable > 'survival' cannot be updated, installed directory 'C:/Program > Files/R/R-2.14.1/library' > not writeable > > > R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) > Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_COLLATE=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 > [2] LC_CTYPE=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 > [3] LC_MONETARY=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 > [4] LC_NUMERIC=C > [5] LC_TIME=Chinese (Simplified)_People's Republic of China.936 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] BiocInstaller_1.2.1 DESeq_1.6.1 locfit_1.5-6 > lattice_0.20-0 > [5] akima_0.5-7 Biobase_2.14.0 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] annotate_1.32.1 AnnotationDbi_1.16.16 DBI_0.2-5 > [4] genefilter_1.36.0 geneplotter_1.32.1 grid_2.14.1 > [7] IRanges_1.12.6 RColorBrewer_1.0-5 RSQLite_0.11.1 > [10] splines_2.14.1 survival_2.36-10 tools_2.14.1 > [13] xtable_1.7-0 > -- > shan gao > Room 231(Dr.Fei lab) > Boyce Thompson Institute > Cornell University > Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-1801 > Office phone: 1-607-254-1267(day) > Official email:sg839@cornell.edu > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001986532253 > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]