[R] /usr/lib/R/library vs /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
A.J. Rossini
rossini at blindglobe.net
Wed Oct 29 16:51:16 CET 2003
Frank E Harrell Jr <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu> writes:
1> I would appreciate getting a clarification of /usr/lib/R/library vs
1> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library. I am running R 1.8 on Debian Linux.
1> On one occasion doing update.packages() resulted in versions of one
1> or more libraries being placed in one of these directories without
1> removing the old version, and the old version took precedence over
1> the new. I'm sorry I did not save the steps I used. I would
1> appreciate reading how best to manage libraries. Currently I have
1> the following in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library: Design, Hmisc,
1> Rcmdr, acepack, car. /usr/lib/R/library contains the following:
>
> KernSmooth boot eda lqs modreg nnet stepfun ts
> MASS class foreign methods mva rpart survival
> R.css cluster grid mgcv nlme spatial tcltk
> base ctest lattice mle nls splines tools
>
On Debian (and I'm sure Dirk will pipe in), /usr/lib/R/library is for
apt-installed by the core R packages, /usr/lib/R/site-library is for
apt-installed R packages (from CRAN, or Jim Lindsey's works), and
/usr/local/lib/R/site-library where you want to put locally installed
stuff (i.e. "install.packages()" should put there).
best,
-tony
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