[R-sig-Debian] Problem with ldpaths in Ubuntu 13.04

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 28 July 2013 at 00:07, Hodgess, Erin wrote:
| Hello!
| 
| I'm trying to install R-3.0.1 on an Ubuntu machine (64 bit, version 13.04).  I have uninstalled and installed several times, but to no avail.
| 
| 
| I keep getting errors about missing ldpaths, and installing packages does not work at all.
|
| erin at erin-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y480:~$ R
| /usr/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
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Well R is installed as it evidently starts. 

It prints one warning about a softlink missing its target:  

| /usr/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory

That is possible -- though it has not happened to me in many dozen installs
over the years.

You can either recreate the softlink by hand (my (verbatim) file is below) or
reinstall __after running 'purge' rather that remove__ ie making sure you
have nothing left in /etc/R (a convenience location) or /usr/lib/R/

Dirk




edd at max:~$ cat /etc/R/ldpaths 
: ${JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre}
: ${R_JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/lib/amd64/server}
if test -n ""; then
: ${R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${R_HOME}/lib:}
else
: ${R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${R_HOME}/lib}
fi
if test -n "${R_JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"; then
  R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${R_JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
fi
## This is DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH on Darwin (OS X) and LD_LIBRARY_PATH elsewhere
if test -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"; then
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
else
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
fi
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
edd at max:~$
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Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com