R script visual - "not writable directory" problem

[Boja]

Hello,

When using R script visual in PBI, i got an error message (this message does appear when using R studio also):

Error in install.packages : 'lib' element ‘C:/Program Files/Microsoft/R Open/R-3.5.1/library’ is not a writable directory

Suggested by posts about the issue, i edited .Renviron file adding this path:

R_LIBS_USER=C:\Program Files\Microsoft\R Open\R-3.5.1\

i tried also with 

R_LIBS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft\R Open\R-3.5.1\

However, it still doesnt solve my issue.

Could you please advise? What is missing here?

[v-yulgu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Boja,

From the error prompt, your current account doesn't have write permission this folder. Either you need to change the permissions for that folder, or change the R library location. If you want to install to the system library, you may run R or Rgui as administrator.

Reference:
"not writable" error when installing new packages on 3.2.0

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

[Boja]

Thanks, Yuliana!

It helped 🙂