[R-sig-Debian] R-3.4.0 and recommended packages

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 25 April 2017 at 14:58, Göran Broström wrote:
| hello,
| 
| I just installed R-3.4.0 from scratch:
| 
| $ sudo apt install r-base
| 
| but when I try
| 
|  > library(survival, lib.loc = "/usr/lib/R/library")
|  > fit <- coxph(Surv(exit, event) ~ x, data = mort)
| 
| I get
| 
| Error in fitter(X, Y, strats, offset, init, control, weights = weights,  :
|    object 'Ccoxmart' not found
| 
| I was told on R-help that I need to
| 
|  > update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE)
| 
| (and it works), but
| 
| 1. I get two versions of recommended packages, one in
| /usr/lib/R/library, and one in

That is from apt / dpkg -- ie pre-packaged.

| ~/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4
| I could fix a write permission in /usr/lib/R or run R as root.

That is from you.

The two have ALWAYS been independent.
 
| 2. Installing from scratch should have this fixed automatically, right?

False.

Dirk

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