[R-SIG-Mac] Strange library problem with 4.0

[Kevin Ushey]

Can you confirm that you see this even with:

    R --vanilla -s -e "writeLines(.libPaths())"

If you don't see the issue there, the most likely culprit is something
in a .Rprofile that's causing the old library path to be used.

Kevin

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 4:59 AM Bob Rudis <bob using rud.is> wrote:
>
> Can you try it with the "tar" method and see if it has the same behavior?
>
> I use the gzip'd tar files and have multiple versions running on
> multiple Macs and .libPaths() is not exhibiting that behavior.
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 5:47 AM Erich Subscriptions
> <erich.subs using neuwirth.priv.at> wrote:
> >
> > I installed R 4.0 on 2 machines, an iMac and a Macbook Pro.
> > Before that, I installed RSwitch and did what the site tells to do:
> > sudo pkgutil --forget org.r-project.R.el-capitan.fw.pkg \
> >              --forget org.r-project.x86_64.tcltk.x11 \
> >              --forget org.r-project.x86_64.texinfo \
> >              --forget org.r-project.R.el-capitan.GUI.pkg
> > so that the 3.6 and 4.0 can coexist.
> >
> > I always keep the additionally installed packages in
> > ~/Library/R
> >
> > After installing R 4.0 I therefore have
> > ~/Library/R/3.6/library and ~/Library/R/4.0/library
> >
> > On the iMac, I can switch between the two versions and R will put the appropriate folder
> > in .libPaths()
> >
> > On the Macbook, however, when I run R 4.0
> > both these folders are in .libPaths().
> > This does not happen when I run R 3.6.
> >
> > How can this problem be solved?
> >
> > Erich
> >
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