[R-SIG-Mac] Package installation: setting default library

[Carl Witthoft]

Ok, here is the response I get after R freshly booted via icon:


Rgames: .libPaths()
[1] "/Users/carl/Library/R/2.8/library"
[2] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources/library"

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then I selected Install local package directory, with System framework 
as target location
  ---

Warning in install.packages("/Users/carl/Downloads/gtools", , NULL, type 
= "source") :
   argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/carl/Library/R/2.8/library'
WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
* Installing *binary* package 'gtools' ...
* DONE (gtools)
Rgames:

So, it sort of looks like the PackageInstaller GUI window isn't filling 
in the right library path when I click the Install At System Level  button.

Or, is there some way to get .libPaths to list the paths in a different 
order or something like that?


Simon Urbanek wrote:

>> Using the R.app GUI, I selected "Install at System Level" and get an 
>> error message something like
>>
>> " 'lib' variable not found, using default {my local Library/Frameworks 
>> directory}..."
>>
> 
> Can you be, please, more precise? "something like" doesn't really help ...
> 
> Thanks,
> S
> 
> 
>> The default value of libPaths was
>>
>> [1] "/Users/carl/Library/R/2.8/library"
>> [2] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources/library"
>>
>> If I ran the command
>>
>> R> .libPaths(.libPaths()[2])
>>
>> {thus removing the reference to my local tree}
>>
>> then the GUI properly installed to the system library tree.
>>
>> So, is there a better, or simpler, way to make this happen?
>>
>> thanks
>> Carl
>>
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