G'day Peter,

On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:45:37 -0700
Peter Langfelder <peter.langfel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The manual, specifically
> 
> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Installation
> 
> documents this way of choosing the installation directory.

Yes, with the caveat that one needs GNU or Solaris make (which would be
the case on Ubuntu).  So it is hardly the recommended way.  

As I read the R Administration Manual, the recommended way is to specify
the location at which you want to install R via ./configure.

Cheers,

        Berwin

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