[R-SIG-Mac] [R] .libPaths(new) stopped working in 2.10

[David Winsemius]

On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:

> I used to have the following in my .Rprofile:
>
> if (length(.libPaths())==1)
> .libPaths(paste(Sys.getenv("HOME"),"/Library/R/",paste(R.version 
> $major,as.integer(R.version$minor),sep='.'),"/library",sep=''))
>
> -- and it added my user-defined library directory.  Then I installed
> packages there, so during an upgrade, I'd know exactly which packages
> I installed and auto-upgrade with a script.
>
> However, in R 2.10's Mac OSX GUI, .libPaths(new) does nothing...  Did
> its behavior change?

What is "new"?

.libPaths() would need a character argument. Are you referring to this  
Grab picture of a checkbox in the Startup GUI preferences:
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(probably not passed through the r-help-list-server)

I actually have the inverse problem. It has been created and I would  
like to remove it.

Changing the mailing list to r-sig-mac to which Alexy should have sent  
this.


>
> Cheers,
> Alexy
>
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT