[R-pkg-devel] R CMD INSTALL -l /path/lib

[Iñaki Ucar]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 at 14:02, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html:
>
> > The script is run in a separate R environment containing the following
> variables: R_PACKAGE_NAME (the name of the package), R_PACKAGE_SOURCE (the
> path to the source directory of the package), R_PACKAGE_DIR (the path of
> the target installation directory of the package), R_ARCH (the
> arch-dependent part of the path, often empty), SHLIB_EXT (the extension of
> shared objects) and WINDOWS (TRUE on Windows, FALSE elsewhere).
>
> This is for `install.libs.R`, but AFAIR it is also true for `configure`. So
> you need the `R_PACKAGE_DIR` env var.

But R_PACKAGE_DIR contains the temporary path for staged
installations. Instead, I think R_LIBRARY_DIR is the desired path.

> Gabor
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 12:03 PM Sameh M. Abdulah <
> sameh.abdulah using kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>
> > If a user is using this command to install my package,
> >
> > R CMD INSTALL -l /path/lib  package_r.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > How can I get the lib value within the configure file?
> >
> >
> > --Sameh

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Iñaki Úcar