[R] Cannot load irr package

[Rick Bilonick]

On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:51 -0700, Phil Spector wrote:
> Rick -
>    You didn't say what operating system you're using, but I suppose
> that it's UNIX-based, because you're using the tar.gz files.
>    If this is the case, the problem can be resolved by setting the
> environmental variable LANG to an empty string.  If you're currently
> just typing "R" at the shell prompt, try
> 
> env LANG= R
> 
> (notice that you're setting LANG to an empty string, not to  "R").
> If you have access to the script that's invoked when you type R, you
> could set the environmental variable there to make the change permanent.
> 
>                                        - Phil Spector

Thanks. That solves the problem but why is it necessary? (I'm using FC4
and R version 2.3.0.)

Rick B.