[R] The system command and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, W.E. Wolski wrote:

> Hi R-gurus,
>
> In my envirovment I have specified the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
> /data/opt/libmy/lib
>
> After starting R the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is changed.
>> Sys.getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
>
> "/data/opt/R-devel//lib/R/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/data/opt/libmy/lib"
>
>
> The problem is that in /usr/local/lib is an acient version of mylib hence
> a call to _system_ with fails badly.
>
>
>
> Suggestions?

Read the R-admin manual (as the INSTALL file asks) and set the flags 
correctly for your setup when you install R.  In particular, read 
carefully what it says about LDFLAGS: this should not be a surprise to 
you.

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