R help - Feb 2006 - RHOME

R-help --

I built R-2.2.1 in my own directory on a sun (solaris). Now I would like
the sysadmin to move the contents to /usr/local/lib and place the binary
in /usr/local/bin. No problem.  However, the RHOME variable defaults to
the directory from which R was built so it is not usable by anyone but me
or ROOT. I would like to avoid building this again if possible. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Dan

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Daniel A. Powers, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A1700
Austin, TX  78712-0118
phone: 512-232-6335
fax:   512-471-1748
dpowers at mail.la.utexas.edu

Quoting "Daniel A. Powers" <dpowers at mail.la.utexas.edu>:
>
> R-help --
>
> I built R-2.2.1 in my own directory on a sun (solaris). Now I would like
> the sysadmin to move the contents to /usr/local/lib and place the binary
> in /usr/local/bin. No problem.  However, the RHOME variable defaults to
> the directory from which R was built so it is not usable by anyone but me
> or ROOT. I would like to avoid building this again if possible. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
R is designed to run from its build directory.  But if your sysadmin installs it
with "make install" (as root), then the shell wrapper that is
installed in
/usr/local/bin/R will have R_HOME pointing to the right location
(/usr/local/lib/R).  Literally moving the build directory to another location
is the wrong thing to do.
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Thanks --
I was trying not to burden the sysadmin with this task, but it seems that
it should be done right.
Cheers,
Dan

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Daniel A. Powers, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A1700
Austin, TX  78712-0118
phone: 512-232-6335
fax:   512-471-1748
dpowers at mail.la.utexas.edu


On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 plummer at iarc.fr wrote:
> Quoting "Daniel A. Powers" <dpowers at mail.la.utexas.edu>:
>
> >
> > R-help --
> >
> > I built R-2.2.1 in my own directory on a sun (solaris). Now I would
like
> > the sysadmin to move the contents to /usr/local/lib and place the
binary
> > in /usr/local/bin. No problem.  However, the RHOME variable defaults
to
> > the directory from which R was built so it is not usable by anyone but
me
> > or ROOT. I would like to avoid building this again if possible. Any
ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
>
> R is designed to run from its build directory.  But if your sysadmin
installs it
> with "make install" (as root), then the shell wrapper that is
installed in
> /usr/local/bin/R will have R_HOME pointing to the right location
> (/usr/local/lib/R).  Literally moving the build directory to another
location
> is the wrong thing to do.
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> This message and its attachments are strictly confidential...{{dropped}}