


> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:34:42 -0500
> From: mar36@psu.edu
> To: r-sig-debian@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install error ldpaths: No such file or directory
> 
> On 11/09/2011 06:06 AM, John Coulthard wrote:
> >
> > 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
> 
> John,
> 
> I just did an install of R on a clean version of Ubuntu 11.10 and I am 
> unable to replicate the issue.  I am using 32 bit, so that may be the 
> issue, but I doubt it.
> 
> Is there a "etc/R" directory?  I would un-install R, delete the /etc/R 
> and /usr/lib/R directories, reboot, then install R again (which may have 
> already tried).  Do you do a fresh install of 11.10, or an upgrade? 
> Sometimes the upgrades can cause issues.
> 
> Michael
> 

Thanks Michael it's sorted now.

I had tried all of that except the reboot.  How could I forget to try a reboot!!
It is and upgrade and I'd just about come to the conclusion that a fresh install was going to be the only answer.

Cheers
John


> 
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