Test. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:40 AM, Alan Lue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having trouble running `updates.packages()' and installing into a > personal library. > > Setup: > 1. .Renviron file contains: R_LIBS_USER="~/lib/R/%p-library/%v" > 2. Hence "personal library" is: ~/lib/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.6/ > 3. Library path upon starting R: > > > .libPaths() > [1] "/home/johnny/lib/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.6" > [2] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/library" > > That's the setup. The problem is that `update.packages()' does not > consider packages in my personal library when determining what to update. > To elaborate: > > Here's some output when I update packages: > > > update.packages(instlib=.libPaths()[1]) > KernSmooth : > Version 2.22-21 installed in /usr/lib/R/library > Version 2.22-22 available at http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu > Update (y/N/c)? > ... > > I answer "yes" to everything, and the update succeeds; updated packages are > installed into my personal library, > `~/lib/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.6/'. But if I run the package update > command again, immediately after having just run it, I get the exact same > output: > > > update.packages(instlib=.libPaths()[1]) > KernSmooth : > Version 2.22-21 installed in /usr/lib/R/library > Version 2.22-22 available at http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu > Update (y/N/c)? > > R looked in `/usr/lib/R/library', saw that there was a package that needed > updating, and neglected the fact that the updated package was already in my > personal library. > > How can I get R to check packages in my personal library while determining > what to update? > > Alan > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
