Sth wrong when install packages

RStudio IDE
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I find sth wrong when install some packages(not all)

when I install mboost
unable to move temporary installation ‘C:\Users\user\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\file1d1851ca54f9\mboost’ to ‘C:\Users\user\Documents\R\win-library\3.4\mboost’
The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpsBbLm3\downloaded_packages

I have to install from downloaded package

install.packages("C:/D/mboost_2.8-1.zip", repos = NULL, type = "win.binary")
and then done.

But when I install coin package, install from downloaded package also error.

But, when I have to install with R(not Rstudio), succeed!!

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How are you installing your packages? I'm guessing install.packages() is the answer, but wanted to double check.

What do you get when you run .libPaths() in R vs. in RStudio?

What version of Windows are you using?

You might want to take a look at this StackOverflow question for some possibilities on changing your default installation location:

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Hi,

Yes of course I use install.packages() in Rstudio and R(RGui 64bit)

.libPaths() will get

[1] "C:/Users/user/Documents/R/win-library/3.4"
[2] "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.2/library"

Both in Rstudio and R, the same result

My windows 10 is Windows 10 Pro 1709, OS build 16299.64

Actually, I'm wondering what does this mean

While I didn't encounter such problems in R with the same command.

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I'm not a Windows user, but, in addition to the suggestions from the SO question, you might try manually setting destdir when you install.
https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/208633057-How-to-change-the-directory-which-the-packages-are-downloaded-in-

Not sure if this has changed in the time since @kevinushey fielded this Q, though.

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So you mean I should install all my packages to

“C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.2/library”

and not the user/Documents/Rxxxx category?

OK, I will set that as default.

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I'm not 100% sure, honestly. Just pointing to resources, as I don't use Windows.

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I have had that error, and in my case it was caused by malware protection. Some anti-virus software has a problem with moving from a temporary installation to a permanent one. That said, I'm not sure why RGUI would work when RStudio doesn't, so it's entirely possible that your error is caused by something else - just wanted to share one possibility that I'd run across.

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