[Rd] Installation fails (PR#13669)

[Peter Dalgaard]

Dieter.Kadelka at stoch.uni-karlsruhe.de wrote:

> Hallo,
> my system is
> 
>   Linux mspcka3 2.6.5-7.276-default #1 Mon Jul 24 10:45:31 UTC 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux
>   with gcc-4.3.3

Which distribution? (A 2.5 year old kernel suggests Debian, but...)

> Installation of R-2.9.0 fails, R-2.8.1 is o.k.
> begin installing recommended package VR
> WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
> sh: Zeile 2: `python2.4': Ist kein gültiger Bezeichner.

Why is R_HOME set in your environment, and how did python get into this?
You could check your set of environment variables ("env" command) for
anything python-related.

....

> 
> Invoking in bin
>   ./R CMD config
> I get (depending on the environment) either a segfault or
> 
> WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
> sh: Zeile 2: `python2.4': Ist kein gültiger Bezeichner.
> 
> I tried the last R-patch, no difference.
> 
> I don't whether this problem is specific to my system or a general problem.

Probably mainly local to your system, but could be something fixable in
R if we forgot to control the PATH settings or suchlike.

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