getting below error while installing "e1071 " package in R.
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:
Hi and welcome! The solution to the error is in the provided warning. You must install Rtools by following the instructions at https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/. Once installed, be sure to restart your R session before trying to install the e1071 package again.
@toryn_stat Rtools is only required if you want to build R packages from source. From the output above, it looks like the OP is trying to install the binaries so Rtools won't help here.
@Pritam I think you may have a corrupted prior installation of e1071. Can you try deleting the folder file3ef07f0771e5 and then try installing e1071 again? Might be a good idea to restart your R session before installing too.
@siddharthprabhu
I dont see any files like file3ef07f0771e5 in my system.
I dont know how any corrupt file got downloaded.Because I downloaded R and R Studio from CRAN.I have no clue as to how should I resolve this
Hi Pritam, it must be a frustrating situation.
Do you have admin access to the PC ?
In windows you can choose to see hidden files or not.
in the file window of an explorer in windows OS , theres a View > show/hide > hidden files toggle, is yours set off perhaps ?
@nirgrahamuk I have checked for the hidden files in the path in which R was throwing the error:
Error in install.packages : cannot open file 'C:/Users/hp/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/file5ae064363c71/e1071/doc/svmdoc.pdf': Permission denied.
NO clue as to what should be done next with the error
If you paste C:/Users/hp/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/file5ae064363c71/e1071/doc/svmdoc.pdf directly into the file browers path field, does a pdf open up, or do you get an error message that nothing is there, or does something else happen?
