[R] Where does R look for library packages - there is no package called 'BRugs'

[conor1725]

I created a file called .Renviron and set R_LIBS_USER to the same path I had
set R_LIBS to. I put this file in
C:/Users/myusername/Documents/mysubdirectory. I also commented out the line
I had put in the Renviron.site file. Now I get the same error as I
originally got. When I put .Renvrion in C:/Users/myusername/Documents
instead, it does work, but the original reason I posted my question was my
desire to not have anything R (or BRugs) related directly in my
C:/Users/myusername/Documents folder. If there's a way to do this the
correct way without putting any files or folders in my
C:/Users/myusername/Documents folder as opposed to my
C:/Users/myusername/Documents/mysubdirectory folder or my C:/Program
Files/R/R-2.12.0, I'd still be interested in knowing how.


Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> For the record, this is not a good answer to the question (and the 
> real answer is 'explained fully' on the help page for .libPaths, and 
> also in the rw-FAQ, Q4.2).
> 
> If you move your personal library directory, you need to set the 
> environment variable R_LIBS_USER .
> 
> And personal (not site) environment variables should be set in 
> ~/.Renviron, not in Renviron.site.  If you want a site library, that 
> is explained fully in the references in my first paragraph.
> 
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, conor1725 wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> David Winsemius wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, conor1725 wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am have installed R on Windows 7 machine. R got installed in the
>>>> directory
>>>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.0. Then I installed the package BRugs
>>>> using the
>>>> install.packages command. I did not get an option during the
>>>> installation as
>>>> to what directory I wanted BRugs installed in. It ended up in
>>>> C:\myusername\Documents as C:\myusername\Documents\R\win-library
>>>> \2.12\BRugs.
>>>> When I open and R and run the command library(BRugs) it works fine.
>>>>
>>>> However, I would like to move the BRugs stuff out of my Documents
>>>> folder,
>>>> either to a subdirectory under Documents of my choosing or to
>>>> somewhere in
>>>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.0. I tried just moving the whole folder and
>>>> subfolders R\win-library\2.12\... from Documents to a subfolder. I
>>>> don't
>>>> think this matters, but just to complete, there is also a folder
>>>> called Coda
>>>> with the BRugs folder in the 2.12 folder and of course there are
>>>> subfolders
>>>> and files under each of the folders Coda and BRugs. Then when I try
>>>> library(BRugs) I get the error message "Error in library(BRugs) :
>>>> there is
>>>> no package called 'BRugs'". So it seems R only knows to look for the
>>>> BRugs
>>>> package in it's original installation location.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get it to work having BRugs in one of my desired locations?
>>>
>>> Then you need to understand where R will be able to find your
>>> packages, and how one might change that:
>>>
>>> ?libPaths
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Winsemius, MD
>>> West Hartford, CT
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm posting a specific answer to my own question for the record since The
>> help for libPaths (actually should be ?.libPaths) doesn't explain this
>> fully. I created the file Renviron.site in the folder C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.12.0\etc and put the text R_LIBS =
>> C:/Users/myusername/Documents/.../R/win-library/2.12 in that file.  The
>> ...
>> represents the path for the subdirectory that I moved
>> R\win-library\2.12\...
>> to.
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> 
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