R help - Sep 2002 - Trouble installing packages in Gentoo Linux

I'm trying to install packages in Gentoo Linux using install.packages().
The packages download fine, but when it comes to installation, I get
this message:
WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
/var/tmp/portage/R-1.5.1/image//usr/lib/R/bin/Rcmd:
/var/tmp/portage/R-1.5.1/image//usr/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: No such file or
directory

I have the R_HOME set to the correct value (/usr/lib/R), but I don't
know why it's being ignored. It seems it's looking for Rcmd in the
directory that R was built in (which doesn't exist any more). Any help
here?
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Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu at uchicago.edu> writes:
> I'm trying to install packages in Gentoo Linux using
install.packages().
> The packages download fine, but when it comes to installation, I get
> this message:
> WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME
> /var/tmp/portage/R-1.5.1/image//usr/lib/R/bin/Rcmd:
> /var/tmp/portage/R-1.5.1/image//usr/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: No such file or
> directory
> 
> I have the R_HOME set to the correct value (/usr/lib/R), but I don't
> know why it's being ignored. It seems it's looking for Rcmd in the
> directory that R was built in (which doesn't exist any more). Any help
> here?
R_HOME should not be set. Your startup script (/usr/bin/R I assume) is
assumed to know the correct value but it would seem to have its
setting of R_HOME_DIR wrong.

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