On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Anna Petrášová wrote >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky < > >> hellik@ > >> > wrote: >>> hi devs, >>> >>> the subject question oroginates from >>> >>> [GRASS-stats] GRASS can't find R packages from personal library on >>> Windows >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-stats/2016-November/001690.html >>> >>> technical background on winGRASS side: >>> >>> %HOME% is defined in winGRASS by: >>> >>> for trunk >>> >>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/lib/init/grass.py#L712 >>> >>> 712 def ensure_home(): >>> 713 """Set HOME if not set on MS Windows""" >>> 714 if windows and not os.getenv('HOME'): >>> 715 os.environ['HOME'] = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOMEDRIVE'), >>> 716 os.getenv('HOMEPATH')) >>> >>> and for the 7.0.x-line >>> >>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/lib/init/grass.py#L1338 >>> >>> 1338 # set HOME >>> 1339 if windows and not os.getenv('HOME'): >>> 1340 os.environ['HOME'] = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOMEDRIVE'), >>> 1341 os.getenv('HOMEPATH')) >>> >>> both definitions turn out to be (on the most newer windows boxes) the >>> same >>> as %USERPROFILE% (e.g C:\Users\yourusername). >>> >>> technical background on R side: >>> >>> if %HOME% is _unset_ on windows, R looks for private libraries in >>> C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\R\win-library\3.3, etc) >>> >>> but if %HOME% is _set_ on windows, R looks for private libraries on the >>> wrong place (C:\Users\yourusername\R\win-library\3.3, etc.) <= see the >>> missing _Documents_ as opposite to above search path for private >>> libraries; >>> >>> thus R can't expand its search path to private libraries, as these are >>> installed by default in >>> C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\R\win-library\3.3, >>> etc. >>> >>> some ways to overcome this R-winGRASS-integration issue: >>> >>> (1) add some notes in the GRASS-wiki to add manually R_LIBS_USER (=path >>> to >>> private library in R) via the windows control panel permanently or >>> temporary >>> in the winGRASS-command console by e.g. set >>> R_LIBS_USER=path/to/your/private/ >>> >>> (2) add some notes in the GRASS-wiki how to add R_LIBS_USER in a R >>> session. >>> >>> (3) add some logic in the windows-winGRASS-bat-start up scripts to add >>> R_LIBS_USER >> >> Can we define R_LIBS_USER in R.bat? >> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/mswindows/external/rbatch/R.bat > > R_LIBS_USER has to be set explicitely for a defined path to a private > library of a defined version and so on; the question is what to set. > > better is to let R decide where to search for default. > > > Anna Petrášová wrote >>> >>> (4) add some logic in the (win)GRASS-startup-GUI to define R_LIBS_USER >>> >>> (5) or see [1] to set %HOME% in windows to %USERPROFILE/Documents instead >>> of >>> %USERPROFILE% >>> >>> add following line >>> SET HOME=%USERPROFILE%\Documents >>> below >>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/mswindows/env.bat#L23 >>> >>> to catch the most common R private library installations. >>> >>> I couldn't find any hints in the source where %HOME% is used in winGRASS >>> modules/scripts. >> >> what happens if we don't set it in grass.py? I can't try now. > > tested in winGRASS7.0.5 by commenting out following line: > > # set HOME > #if windows and not os.getenv('HOME'): > # os.environ['HOME'] = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOMEDRIVE'), > # os.getenv('HOMEPATH')) > > in C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 7.0.5\etc\grass70.py > > the wxGUI starts, displaying raster and vector works, tested some modules, > all worked. > > but no idea if there may be some more side effect; further no idea if there > is probably more to do for the OSGeo4W-version. > > anyone more insight, if %HOME% is needed in winGRASS?
Done by Glynn in: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/37873 > > > > ----- > best regards > Helmut > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/changing-HOME-in-winGRASS-for-a-better-R-winGRASS-integration-discussion-tp5296480p5296507.html > Sent from the Grass - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
