
Hi

I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu 11.10  and it seems to install fine with both apt-get and dpkg but always when I start R I get 

    jt42@bioinf4:~# R
   
/usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory

   
R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31)

   
Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing

   
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
   
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)



I read something about creating a soft link from /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib but that just changes the error to 
/usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib64/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory

   
There is no ldpaths file created during the install
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# updatedb
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# locate ldpaths
   
/usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
   
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2011-11-01 12:49 /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths -> /etc/R/ldpaths
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /etc/R/ldpaths
   
ls: cannot access /etc/R/ldpaths: No such file or directory
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# 


I've tried to purge all traces of previous installs using apt-get purge and manually deleteing every remaining R/ directory but still the same error :(

Can anyone help me get it working?

Thanks
John


jt42@bioinf4:~# uname -a
Linux bioinf4 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 		 	   		  
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