Hi Jakub,
This is really a separate question. It is not really end-user related,
and should be asked on the R-devel mailing list. Nonetheless, some
answers below.
On 05/13/2016 03:55 PM, Jakub Jirutka wrote:
Hi,
I’m maintainer of the R package in Alpine Linux.
I read on multiple places that some packages needs R_HOME variable
set to the location where is R installed, so I’ve added it to the
system-wide profile. Is this correct, or a misinformation?
R_HOME is set when R starts
~$ env|grep R_HOME
~$ R --vanilla -e "Sys.getenv('R_HOME')"
> Sys.getenv('R_HOME')
[1] "/home/mtmorgan/bin/R-3-3-branch"
and (after reading the documentation in ?R_HOME it the R help system)
~$ R RHOME
/home/mtmorgan/bin/R-3-3-branch
so there is no need to set it in a system-wide profile. It is sometimes
referenced inside an R package source tree that uses C or other compiled
code in a Makevars file, as described in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html
e.g., the section on configure and cleanup
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#Configure-and-cleanup
In these circumstances it has been set by the R process that is
compiling the source code.
What system dependencies does R need to compile modules from CRAN? On
Alpine the following dependencies are needed to build R: bzip2-dev
curl-dev gfortran lapack-dev pcre-dev perl readline-dev xz-dev
zlib-dev. Are all of these dependencies needed for compiling
modules?
As you say, those look like dependencies required to build R itself.
Individual packages may have dependencies on these or other system
libraries, but many packages do not have system dependencies. It is up
to the package maintainer to ensure that appropriate checks are made to
discover the system resource; there are probably dozens or even hundreds
of system dependencies amongst all of the CRAN packages. Typically the
task of satisfying those dependencies is left to the user (or to those
creating distributions of R packages, e.g.,
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/)
Martin Morgan
Jakub
On 13. May 2016, at 11:31, Martin Morgan
<martin.mor...@roswellpark.org> wrote:
On 05/12/2016 10:25 PM, Alba Pompeo wrote:
Martin Morgan, I tried an HTTP mirror and it worked. What could
be the problem and how to fix? Also, should I ignore the warning
about ignoring environment value of R_HOME?
It depends on why you set the value in your environment in the
first place; maybe you were trying to use a particular installation
of R, but setting R_HOME is not the way to do that (I use an alias,
e.g., R-3.3='~/bin/R-3-3-branch/bin/R --no-save --no-restore
--silent')
Martin
Thanks.
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Tom Hopper <tomhop...@gmail.com>
wrote:
setInternet2() first thing after launching R might fix that.
On May 12, 2016, at 07:45, Alba Pompeo <albapom...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello.
I've tried to run R, but I receive many warnings and can't do
simple stuff such as installing packages.
Here's the full log when I run it.
http://pastebin.com/raw/2BkNpTte
Does anyone know what could be wrong here?
Thanks a lot.
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