[R] R won't start right

[Uwe Ligges]

Andrew Perrin wrote:
> 
> Any ideas on this?
> 
> nujoma:~> R
> 
> R : Copyright 2002, The R Development Core Team
> Version 1.5.0  (2002-04-29)
> 
> ...
> 
> Error: couldn't find function ".Alias"
> Error: couldn't find function "attach"
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
> > q()
> Error: couldn't find function "q"
> >
> Suspended
> nujoma:~> kill %1
> 
> This is on a brand-new installation of R on a Debian 3.0 (woody) linux
> machine.

Looks like the functions in base are not sourced. Did it compile and
install without any error message?
I'd suggest to check whether .../library/base/R/base exists and has the
correct permissions (I guess the latter went wrong).

Uwe Ligges
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