[R] qplot in ggplot2 not working any longer - (what did I do?)

[Allan Engelhardt]

The problem is that install.packages() and friends forks R and there is 
no way to specify general options to that process (you can do the 
configure.{args,vars} but nothing else).

One work-around could be to download the package and install it with R 
--vanilla CMD INSTALL from the command line.

But it is probably better to fix your .Rprofile so it doesn't break the 
install; see interactive() and commandArgs() for functions that may be 
useful.

Hope this helps a little.

Allan

On 14/07/10 22:03, stephen sefick wrote:
> This is the first time that I have tried to update packages with a
> tinkered around with .Rprofile.  I start R with R --vanilla and it
> does not load my .Rprofile, but when I issue the command
> update.packages() R downloads the packages as expected, but then seems
> to load .Rprofile before compiling the packages sources.  What am I
> doing wrong?
> kindest regards,
>
> Stephen Sefick
>
> see- Session info output and .Rprofile
>
> Ubuntu 10.04
> R 2.11.1
>
> Session info:
>
> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
>
> locale:
>   [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>   [3] LC_TIME=en_US.utf8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8
>   [5] LC_MONETARY=C             LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
>   [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8       LC_NAME=C
>   [9] LC_ADDRESS=C              LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  stats     grid      methods
> [8] base
>
> other attached packages:
>   [1] gpclib_1.5-1            StreamMetabolism_0.03-3 maptools_0.7-34
>   [4] lattice_0.18-8          sp_0.9-64               foreign_0.8-40
>   [7] chron_2.3-35            zoo_1.6-3               vegan_1.17-3
> [10] ggplot2_0.8.8           proto_0.3-8             reshape_0.8.3
> [13] plyr_0.1.9
>
>
> .Rprofile:
> #source USGS graphing function for base data
> source("~/R_scripts/USGS.R")
> source("~/R_scripts/publication_ggplot2_theme.R")
> source("~/R_scripts/llScript.R")
>
>
> #set help_type
> options(help_type="html")
>
> #exit to get around anoying q behavior
> exit<- function(save="no"){q(save=save)}
>
> #most used libraries
> library(ggplot2)
> library(vegan)
> library(StreamMetabolism)
>
> #allow gpclib package to be used
> gpclibPermit()
>
>
>
>