On 11/09/2011 06:06 AM, John Coulthard wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu 11.10 and it seems to install fine
with both apt-get and dpkg but always when I start R I get
jt42@bioinf4:~# R
/usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
directory
R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31)
Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
I read something about creating a soft link from /usr/lib64 to
/usr/lib but that just changes the error to /usr/local/bin/R: line
237: /usr/lib64/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
There is no ldpaths file created during the install
jt42@bioinf4:~# updatedb
jt42@bioinf4:~# locate ldpaths
/usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2011-11-01 12:49 /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths ->
/etc/R/ldpaths
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /etc/R/ldpaths
ls: cannot access /etc/R/ldpaths: No such file or directory
jt42@bioinf4:~#
I've tried to purge all traces of previous installs using apt-get
purge and manually deleteing every remaining R/ directory but still
the same error :(
Can anyone help me get it working?
Thanks John
jt42@bioinf4:~# uname -a Linux bioinf4 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu
SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
John,
I just did an install of R on a clean version of Ubuntu 11.10 and I am
unable to replicate the issue. I am using 32 bit, so that may be the
issue, but I doubt it.
Is there a "etc/R" directory? I would un-install R, delete the /etc/R
and /usr/lib/R directories, reboot, then install R again (which may have
already tried). Do you do a fresh install of 11.10, or an upgrade?
Sometimes the upgrades can cause issues.
Michael
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Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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