Dirk, I set my user libraries in .Rprofile for this very reason. I agree it is weird that .Renviron is not always read etc.
Kasper On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote: > > Keith, > > On 18 October 2012 at 09:14, Keith Jewell wrote: > | No reply in a number of hours, so here is a suggestion from ignorance :-} > | > | ?Startup refers to a number of other "site and user files to process for > > Thanks, and I know, and use those on Linux (and on 'doze when I use it). My > question was specifically about 'R CMD foo' which skips some of these by > choice, and which Rcmd_environ appears to overcome, albeit imcompletely. I > still have an issue on Windows where I cannot split my package installations > between those that come and go with R installations, and the others. > > But it is truly bizarre that I can do (on Windows) > > R CMD INSTALL foo_1.2-3.tar.gz > > and a moment later > > R CMD check foo_1.2-3.tar.gz > > fails in its tests and examples with "no package called 'foo'" > > Doing 'R CMD check --no-examples --no-tests foo_1.2-3.tar.gz' works, but is > less helpful as we're running the check to run those very tests... > > Dirk > > > | setting environment variables" but not to Rcmd_environ. The contents of > | $R_HOME/etc/Rcmd_environ seem to reflect (some of) the contents of > | (some) other files. > | > | I have similar lines (defining library paths) in > | $R_HOME/etc/Renviron.site > | > | Is it correct to directly edit Rcmd_environ or should it be modified > | only via other files? (A genuine question). > | > | On 17/10/2012 15:59, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > > | > Is there a fundamental reason why I cannot set either one of > | > > | > ## add local library path -- doesn't work either > | > R_LIBS_USER="c:/opt/R-library" > | > R_LIBS_SITE="c:/opt/R-library" > | > > | > in $R_HOME/etc/Rcmd_environ even though I can seemingly set other things > here? > | > > | > It breaks "R CMD check" for me as I prefer NOT to install packages in a > | > versioned path. > | > > | > FWIW, defaulting to a versioned path is (to this no-longer-bemused user) > as > | > much a permenent R bug (on Windoze) as the default installation into a > path > | > with spaces. > | > > | > Dirk > | > > | > | ______________________________________________ > | R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- > Dirk Eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel