Hi all. I recently downloaded R onto my work computer but I cannot install any packages. Whenever I try to install a package I get this error message:
Error in install.packages : ERROR: failed to lock directory ‘~\R\win-library\3.6’ for modifying
Try removing ‘~\R\win-library\3.6/00LOCK’
(Note: the ~ is used in place of the file location since I do not know if I should post the full location. The ~ is not displayed in the actual output).
I have already located the 00LOCK folder and deleted it does not work. I have tried running R as an administrator (right-clicking Rstudio and choosing to run as administrator) and I have used the '--no-lock' argument in the install.packages() function: 'install.packages("<package_name>", dependencies=TRUE, INSTALL_opts = c('--no-lock')).
None of the above attempts have worked. What could be problem here? Does it have to do with the fact that I do not have administrator privileges on my computer since it is a work computer?