Hi, I'm completely new to R and it's usage on a Mac. I'm having a bit of trouble installing packages through the Package Installer interface in R.app. I'm trying to install the group of Rmetrics packages for option pricing. When doing so, I'm given the choice of installing at the "System Level" or the "Local Level". I chose to install at the local level. The packages appear to have been correctly installed to ~/Library/R/library/. The problem appears to be that the location is not in my path.
> .libPath() [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.4/Resources/library" So system level packages are available, but not local level packages. I see under preferences for R.app, under Startup, the ability to set the "Default Library Paths". There is a check box to "Add $HOME/R/Library". Is this what I need to set to get my local level packages added to my path? Additionally, it says that I have to restart R.app for this to take effect. When I restart, the box is unchecked again. Do I have to save my workspace to get this setting set? And finally, is there just a text file or something that I could edit to make this addition? It seems like those persons not using R.app, namely everyone on Linux, Windows, and some Mac users would need a way to set this. Thank you for any help you can provide. James _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
