Ivailo Stoyanov wrote: >> When you "moved" the source/build tree to "another location", did you >> use 'make install' as root, or did you use 'mv' or 'cp'? >> > > No, I haven't used "make install" because I prefer to run R from within > the build location. > > >> The former is the _proper_ way to actually install R, after building >> from source and this is covered in the R Admin Manual. See: >> >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installation >> > > AFAIK, the approach of running R from within the build location is fully > valid as it is noted at the end of section "2.1 Simple compilation", > just above the cited one: > Yes, but then it is not "actually installed". > "... Note: you do not need to install R: you can run it from where it > was built." > You can, but note that it doesn't say that you can move the build location afterwards, and in fact, you can not, because of the non-relative pathnames. > All the best, > Ivailo >
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