swirl package problem

[xNameLess]

i am just getting started with R (doing harvard online courses), and the first thing they asked me is to install the swirl package and i cant seem to be able to do that. help please?

[andresrcs]

There is a difference between loading a package with library(), as you are doing in your screenshot, and installing a package with install.packages().
Try with this command

install.packages("swirl")

[xNameLess]

i did the install.packages("swirl") alone as u said, it said i should install Rtools, i installed and then it tells me that it doesnt work and i need to make a personal library instead, i agree and it still doesnt work:

[andresrcs]

You have to run Rstudio as administrator to been able to install on that folder.
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[xNameLess]

will do. it worked man thank you very much!

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