[R] R CMD INSTALL -l /path/to/library packagename

[Gabor Grothendieck]

I don't use Linux but perhaps you should check
what environment variables you have defined
and also if you have anything in your *.site
files, if you have them, that could cause that.

On 9/13/05, McClatchie, Sam (PIRSA-SARDI)
<mcclatchie.sam at saugov.sa.gov.au> wrote:
> Background:
> OS: Linux Mandrake 10.1
> release: R 2.1.1
> editor: GNU Emacs 21.3.2
> front-end: ESS 5.2.3
> 
> Colleagues
> 
> Since I upgraded to R 2.1.1, I am getting a an error message from R CMD
> INSTALL packagename that says
> R_HOME ('/usr/local/lib/R') not found.
> 
> That's not too surprising, since R is now in /usr/lib/R, but what is
> confusing me is that
> R CMD INSTALL -l /path/to/library packagename is giving me the same message,
> suggesting that I am misusing the -lib switch when I enter
> R CMD INSTALL -l /usr/lib/R/library waveslim_1.5.tar.gz
> 
> I'm sure the fix is trivial, but I can't see it for looking in the manual.
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Sam
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