>>>>> "Martyn" == Martyn Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:34:23 +0100 writes:
Martyn> Quoting "Daniel A. Powers"
Martyn> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> R-help --
>>
>> I built R-2.2.1 in my own directory on a sun
>> (solaris). Now I would like the sysadmin to move the
>> contents to /usr/local/lib and place the binary in
>> /usr/local/bin. No problem. However, the RHOME variable
>> defaults to the directory from which R was built so it is
>> not usable by anyone but me or ROOT. I would like to
>> avoid building this again if possible. Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks, Dan
Martyn> R is designed to run from its build directory. But
Martyn> if your sysadmin installs it with "make install" (as
Martyn> root), then the shell wrapper that is installed in
Martyn> /usr/local/bin/R will have R_HOME pointing to the
Martyn> right location (/usr/local/lib/R). Literally moving
Martyn> the build directory to another location is the wrong
Martyn> thing to do.
well, but very easily fixable, and that's what Daniel is asking
for:
The default value of R_HOME is only set in exactly one place,
namely the 'R' shell script; editing that script - once after
the move - is really a piece o'cake.
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