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  • Can you expand a bit on how exactly install.packages("zoo") doesn't work? Error message, etc.?
    – joran
    Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 3:45
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    @joran I added the error message when I try install.packages("zoo")---but that is not my real question, which is about why .libPaths() in Rprofile.site doesn't work. Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 3:49
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    Do you have the same trouble if you use RGui instead of R Studio?
    – Dason
    Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 7:35
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    Why does R's library paths default to folders that need admin permissions?! Surely the user's home directory would be more sensible
    – geotheory
    Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 15:28
  • superuser.com/questions/749283/… Edit ~/.Renviron R_LIBS_USER=/some/path
    – bowen.li
    Commented Dec 14, 2017 at 5:40