[R] how to install R really *locally*?

[Oliver Kullmann]

Thanks, but this wasn't my problem (I already use --vanilla
when *calling* R):

The problem is how to get a "vanilla" *installation*
(as I said, it was the installation which failed, not
later running R, and this failure was caused by the file
HOME/.RProfil).

Hope that's clearer now.

Thanks anyway!

Oliver



On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:45:53AM +0200, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> Set you system up in a way that its R is started with some of the 
> options reported by `R --help':
> 
>   --no-environ          Don't read the site and user environment files
>   --no-site-file        Don't read the site-wide Rprofile
>   --no-init-file        Don't read the .Rprofile or ~/.Rprofile files
>   --no-restore-data     Don't restore previously saved objects
>   --no-restore-history  Don't restore the R history file
>   --no-restore          Don't restore anything
>   --vanilla             Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file,
>                           --no-init-file and --no-environ
> 
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> Oliver Kullmann wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >my first attempt at installing version 2.9.0 failed
> >because I got an error
> >"Error in library(pspline) : there is no package called 'pspline'"
> >
> >Later I realised that this comes from HOME/.RProfil, and removing
> >that files "solves" that problem.
> >
> >However, I'm actually glad that this error happened, since it shows
> >a deeper problem (which is actually not solved yet):
> >My context is that I re-distribute R as a part of an open-source
> >library I develop, and this library (actually I call it a "research
> >environment") installs many things (like R and Maxima, gcc, git, ...),
> >and this all purely locally --- it shouldn't interfere with anything
> >the user has installed.
> >
> >So my question is how can I tell R as installation time that it should
> >not look at any configuration files or other files whatsoever (so it should
> >for example ignore HOME/.RProfil)?
> >
> >The installation instructions mention the variable "rhome", but I don't
> >understand what type of "home" is meant here. What I could need here
> >would be a redefinition of the user home-directory (to a local directory
> >in my installation), but I guess that is not meant with rhome.
> >
> >Hope somebody can help here.
> >
> >Oliver
> >
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