[R-SIG-Mac] .libPaths and library directory

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 05/09/2021 6:16 a.m., Adrian Dușa wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> My .libPaths for the user defined directory shows:
> "/Users/dusadrian/Library/R/x86_64/4.1/library"
> 
> and indeed, the command install.packages() does install the packages in
> this location.
> 
> However, when installing from the RGUI menu, using Packages & Data /
> Package installer,
> the installation directory is:
> "/Users/dusadrian/Library/R/4.1/library"

Neither of those is the default library location for a standard install 
of R on a Mac.  The first one looks like it's the default value of 
R_LIBS_USER.  Are you specifying the environment variable R_LIBS?  By 
default, I think

   Sys.getenv("R_LIBS")


will give a blank.

Regarding the install from R.app (which I assume is what you mean by 
RGUI), there is a selection of 4 locations:

  - At System Level (in R framework)
  - At User Level
  - In Other Location
  - As defined by .libPaths()

Which of those are you choosing?

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> I don't remember at which exact version this started to happen (it was also
> present in 4.1.0), and could not find any particular setting that I should
> tweak to make these equal.
> 
> This is the R.version result:
>                 _
> platform       x86_64-apple-darwin17.0
> arch           x86_64
> os             darwin17.0
> system         x86_64, darwin17.0
> status
> major          4
> minor          1.1
> year           2021
> month          08
> day            10
> svn rev        80725
> language       R
> version.string R version 4.1.1 (2021-08-10)
> nickname       Kick Things
> 
> running under MacOS BigSur version 11.5.2
> 
> Thanks for any hint,
> Adrian
> 
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