R help - Oct 2006 - Which executable is associated with R CMD INSTALL?

I'm still having trouble installing the lme4 package on RHEL 3.  I've
asked this list and it seems my problem is not universal.  Brian
Ripley indicated that the problem was with recognising the Matrix
package, even though I've taken care to get the most recent versions
of Matrix and lme4.

It seems to me that the problem arises because the computer has a site
installation of R-2.3.1 and I'm trying to use R-2.4.0 from my home
directory.  I use a symbolic link (named R) to point to the 2.4.0
executable.

The only problem I've encountered is installing the lme4 package, and
I'm now guessing that R CMD INSTALL is not using my link, and defaults
to the R-2.3.1.  Does my theory have any credibility?  I know it
wouldn't explain why the other packages don't have a problem, but
I'm
scraping the bottom of the barrel now.

TIA

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On 10/30/2006 2:32 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> I'm still having trouble installing the lme4 package on RHEL 3. 
I've
> asked this list and it seems my problem is not universal.  Brian
> Ripley indicated that the problem was with recognising the Matrix
> package, even though I've taken care to get the most recent versions
> of Matrix and lme4.
> 
> It seems to me that the problem arises because the computer has a site
> installation of R-2.3.1 and I'm trying to use R-2.4.0 from my home
> directory.  I use a symbolic link (named R) to point to the 2.4.0
> executable.
> 
> The only problem I've encountered is installing the lme4 package, and
> I'm now guessing that R CMD INSTALL is not using my link, and defaults
> to the R-2.3.1.  Does my theory have any credibility?  I know it
> wouldn't explain why the other packages don't have a problem, but
I'm
> scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
Try "R CMD printenv R_HOME" and you'll find which R home directory
it is
using.  You can see a lot more with "R CMD printenv" or various
options
to "R CMD config".

Duncan Murdoch