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

[Simon Urbanek]

On Dec 9, 2009, at 21:51 , David Winsemius wrote:

>
> On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>
>> On Dec 6, 2009, at 14:45 , David Winsemius wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>> <pastedGraphic.tiff>
>>>
>>> (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.
>>>
>>
>> Well, then do so :).
>
> I did so and restarted. I checked my ~/.Rprofile setting and that is  
> not the source of the persistent non-R.Framework libpath. I reviewed  
> the Macs section of the Installation Manual and it tells me that  
> it's basically a Unix device and that I should review the general R  
> instructions.
>
> Reading the Installation and Administration Guide in section 6 I see  
> several areas about which I am uninformed:
>
> > R.home(component="home")
> [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources"
>
> I don't have an R_HOME/etc/Rprofile.site
>
> I think I have found my problem because:
> Sys.getenv("R_LIBS_USER")
>               R_LIBS_USER
> "~/Library/R/2.10/library"
>
> So I tried Sys.setenv(R_LIB_USER = "")
>
> I thought from the help page that this would report a logical value  
> for success or failure, but got neither. Wish me luck.
>

Uh - all that has nothing to do with what I was saying - remove the ~/ 
Library/R/2.10/library directory, that's all you need to do ...

Cheers,
Simon


> -- 
> David
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>>> Changing the mailing list to r-sig-mac to which Alexy should have  
>>> sent this.
> -- 
> David Winsemius, MD
> Heritage Laboratories
> West Hartford, CT
>
>