[R] Option "-shared" not being passed to gcc when installing packages

[Ivan Krylov]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:41:34 +1000
Simon Knapp <sleepingwell using gmail.com> wrote:

> How would I generally replace those or get them updated when
> installing a new version of version of R (which I do using R apt
> package repo)?

Normally, the configuration files belonging to a package get an option
to be updated when the package itself is updated. If you need to
restore a package to its default settings, reinstalling it with
--force-confask,confnew,confmiss should work:
https://askubuntu.com/a/67028

(One way that has to work is apt remove --purge followed by installing
the package anew. This is less convenient because all packages that
depend on the package you are removing will have to be removed too.)

-- 
Best regards,
Ivan