Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
I'm with Fer here. I'm afraid I don't see the point in telling ESS about
personal libraries. This thread taught me it is possible in the first place,
even after 20+ years using ESS. ;-)
The important thing appears to tell R about personal libraries, so that what
works inside Emacs+ESS will also work elsewhere.
Honest question: what do you guys use ess-r-package-library-paths for?
v.
Vincent Goulet
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École d'actuariat, Université Laval
> Le 9 févr. 2025 à 16:25, Fer via ESS-help a écrit :
>
> I think you should tell it directly to R too?
>
> At least is how I do it, setting it in the .Renviron file with
>
> R_LIBS_USER='~/myPath'
>
> cheers
>
> Fer
>
> On 2/8/25 07:30, Naresh Gurbuxani via ESS-help wrote:
>> In my init.el file, I have defined a path for personal packages.
>>
>> (use-package ess
>> :defer t
>> :config
>> (require 'ess-r-mode)
>> ;; many lines omitted
>> (setq ess-r-package-library-paths
>> (append ess-r-package-library-paths
>> '("/Users/nareshgurbuxani/Documents/statProgram/packages")))
>> )
>>
>> In a new emacs session, R does not find this path. Below is my R session.
>>> install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL)
>> Warning in install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL) :
>> 'lib =
>> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4/Resources/library"'
>> is not writable
>> Would you like to use a personal library instead? (yes/No/cancel) cancel
>> Error in install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL) :
>> unable to install packages
>>
>> Why does R not see the additional path defined above?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Naresh
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Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
I think you should tell it directly to R too?
At least is how I do it, setting it in the .Renviron file with
R_LIBS_USER='~/myPath'
cheers
Fer
On 2/8/25 07:30, Naresh Gurbuxani via ESS-help wrote:
> In my init.el file, I have defined a path for personal packages.
>
> (use-package ess
>:defer t
>:config
>(require 'ess-r-mode)
> ;; many lines omitted
>(setq ess-r-package-library-paths
> (append ess-r-package-library-paths
> '("/Users/nareshgurbuxani/Documents/statProgram/packages")))
>)
>
> In a new emacs session, R does not find this path. Below is my R session.
>> install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL)
> Warning in install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL) :
>'lib =
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4/Resources/library"'
> is not writable
> Would you like to use a personal library instead? (yes/No/cancel) cancel
> Error in install.packages("linmod_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL) :
>unable to install packages
>
> Why does R not see the additional path defined above?
>
> Thanks,
> Naresh
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Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
Correct. ESS does not configure R so to speak. Thanks
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From: Naresh Gurbuxani
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
To: Sparapani, Rodney
Subject: Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
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Thanks for explaining. To check my understanding, ess variable
ess-r-package-library-paths is not meant to be used for defining paths to load
packages from personal library. It is best to define these paths in .Rprofile
using .libPaths() function.
Thanks again for your patience
On Feb 8, 2025, at 10:32 AM, Sparapani, Rodney wrote:
As it states in the documentation….
ess-r-package-library-paths is a variable defined in ‘ess-r-package.el’.
Its value is nil
Default path to find user packages.
Can be either a string specifying a directory or a list of
directories. This variable is also consulted by
‘xref-find-definitions’ in R buffers. See ‘ess-r-xref-backend’.
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From: Naresh Gurbuxani
mailto:naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com>>
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
To: Naresh Gurbuxani
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Cc: Sparapani, Rodney mailto:rspar...@mcw.edu>>
Subject: Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
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After adding this directory in .Rprofile (using .libPaths()), I can load
library from this path. If I just wanted to load my personal packages, I can
do that without updating init.el file by setting a value to
ess-r-package-library-paths.
What is the use of the variable ess-r-package-library-paths?
> On Feb 8, 2025, at 10:16 AM, Naresh Gurbuxani via ESS-help
> mailto:ess-help@r-project.org>> wrote:
>
> .libPaths() does not see the new directory added.
>
> !> .libPaths()
> [1] "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4/Resources/library”
>
> In my .Rprofile, I can include the new directory in .libPaths(). But then,
> why do I need to update my init.el file also?
>
>> On Feb 8, 2025, at 10:10 AM, Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help
>> mailto:ess-help@r-project.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Naresh:
>>
>> What does .libPaths() show for you?
>>
>> For me, �
>>> .libPaths()
>> [1] "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
>> [2] "/usr/local/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
>>
>> So for me, I think, it should be set like this�
>> (setq ess-r-package-library-paths "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library")
>>
>> Of course, R needs to know about this too. In my ~/.Rprofile I have�
>> .libPaths('~/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library')
>> --
>> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, He/Him
>> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
>> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
>> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
Because ESS does not query .libPaths(). In your case, that wouldn’t
work anyways since you don't have a personal library according to
the output below.
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Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
From: Naresh Gurbuxani
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
To: Sparapani, Rodney
Cc: ess-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
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.libPaths() does not see the new directory added.
!> .libPaths()
[1] "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4/Resources/library”
In my .Rprofile, I can include the new directory in .libPaths(). But then, why
do I need to update my init.el file also?
> On Feb 8, 2025, at 10:10 AM, Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help
> wrote:
>
> Hi Naresh:
>
> What does .libPaths() show for you?
>
> For me, �
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
> [2] "/usr/local/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
>
> So for me, I think, it should be set like this�
> (setq ess-r-package-library-paths "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library")
>
> Of course, R needs to know about this too. In my ~/.Rprofile I have�
> .libPaths('~/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library')
> --
> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, He/Him
> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
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> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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Re: [ESS] Ess does not find path to user packages
.libPaths() does not see the new directory added.
!> .libPaths()
[1] "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4/Resources/library”
In my .Rprofile, I can include the new directory in .libPaths(). But then, why
do I need to update my init.el file also?
> On Feb 8, 2025, at 10:10 AM, Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help
> wrote:
>
> Hi Naresh:
>
> What does .libPaths() show for you?
>
> For me, �
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
> [2] "/usr/local/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library"
>
> So for me, I think, it should be set like this�
> (setq ess-r-package-library-paths "/home/rsparapa/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library")
>
> Of course, R needs to know about this too. In my ~/.Rprofile I have�
> .libPaths('~/R/4.3.1/lib64/R/library')
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> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, He/Him
> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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