[Rd] install.packages with R 2.9.1 under Vista?

[spencerg]

Dear Uwe: 


      Thanks very much.  Based on your suggestion, I deleted 
"C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9", which got created 
when I first installed R 2.9.1 into the default, write-protected area 
and then did "install.packages".  When I uninstalled that 
write-protected copy and installed it in a different location, the 
directory "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" remained, 
and Rgui directed "install.packages" to that directory, though Rterm did 
not.  I had not intentionally set "R_LIBS" nor any other special thing 
like that, so I was confused. 


      Thanks again.
      Best Wishes,
      Spencer


Uwe Ligges wrote:
>
>
> spencerg wrote:
>>
>>      What do I need to do to get "install.packages" to work properly 
>> for me in R 2.9.1 under Vista?
>>
>>      Currently, install.packages in Rgui 2.9.1 by default goes to 
>> "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9".  This is a problem 
>> for me, because R running under Emacs does not currently look there.
>>
>>      I made the mistake last night of first installing R 2.9.1 in the 
>> default "C:\Program Files".  When I found that packages I installed 
>> using Rgui could not be found from within Emacs, I uninstalled R from 
>> "C:\Program Files" and reinstalled it under "C:\Users\sgraves\R" 
>> alongside R 2.9.0, which has allowed "install.packages" from Rgui to 
>> be accessed from R under Emacs.
>>
>>      I've traced the problem to the different behavior of ".libPaths()":
>>
>> *** Rgui: .libPaths()
>> [1] "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9"
>> [2] "C:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"
>> *** R under Emacs: > .libPaths()
>> [1] "c:/Users/sgraves/R/R-2.9.1/library"
>>
>>
>>      What do you suggest?      Thanks,
>
>
>
> Either set for the second setup 
> "C:\\Users\\sgraves\\Documents/R/win-library/2.9" as a default library 
> path (e.g. via env var R_LIBS) or remove it from the  first setup (in 
> a personal startup file).
>
> Best wishes,
> Uwe
>
>
>
>>      Spencer
>>
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