[R] package installation from source

Petr PIKAL petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Mon Oct 19 13:59:33 CEST 2009


Hi

r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 19.10.2009 12:24:47:

> Petr PIKAL wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> napsal dne 16.10.2009 17:01:59:
> >
> > 
> >> On 10/16/2009 9:31 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Dear all
> >>>
> >>> I noticed from NEWS 2.11.0,dev
> >>> SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES
> >>>
> >>>     o   Packages must have been installed under R 2.10.0 or later, 
as
> >>>         the current help system is the only one now supported.
> >>>
> >>> So I tried to follow instructions in manual, Duncan Murdoch 
> >>> 
> > presentation 
> > 
> >>> and help pages to prepare and accomplish installation of a set of 
> >>> functions I use. However in R 2.11.0dev and too in R 2.10.0dev I was 

> >>> 
> > not 
> > 
> >>> able to finish it.
> >>>
> >>> 
> >
> > < snip>
> >
> 
> That should have worked.  Just to confirm, try running R from that shell 

> (using either Rgui or R), and then print Sys.getenv("PATH") and make 
> sure it shows what you expected.

It seems like the path is set but system does not accepts it. Rgui does 
not start until I switch to its bin directory. Sys.getenv than shows 
"correct" path.

See attached pictures. 




Best regards
Petr


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