Atkinson, Elizabeth J. (Beth)
2010-Aug-30 22:00 UTC
[R] search path for attaching packages
Several of us locally are puzzling over the following problem: We have a central repository of R packages on our linux system. Occasionally, we'd like to install a different version of the same package (such as making updates to the survival package before it is released to the larger group, or a downloaded beta version). When using the library function, it appears that lib.loc is not being used and instead the central repository is being used. We've even tried modifying .libPaths( ) so that our local path is first in the search list. Is this a bug or a "feature"? For example: > install.packages('DBI',lib='/data1/bsi/epi/s105816.SNPlinkage/CNV/rlib') > library(DBI, lib.loc='/data1/bsi/epi/s105816.SNPlinkage/CNV/rlib') I can look in my directory and see that DBI is version 0.2-5, but when I use the library command I get the version installed in the central location instead of in my specified directory. > library(help=DBI) Information on package 'DBI' Package: DBI Version: 0.2-4 Title: R Database Interface Author: R Special Interest Group on Databases (R-SIG-DB) Maintainer: David A. James <daj025@gmail.com> Depends: R (>= 2.3.0), methods LazyLoad: yes License: LGPL (version 2 or later) Collate: DBI.R Util.R zzz.R Packaged: Tue Oct 16 21:43:31 2007; dj Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-10-26 17:51:14 UTC; unix Further information is available in the following vignettes in directory '/usr/local/biotools/r/R-2.10.0/lib64/R/library/DBI/doc':> version_ platform x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu arch x86_64 os linux-gnu system x86_64, linux-gnu status major 2 minor 10.0 year 2009 month 10 day 26 svn rev 50208 language R version.string R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) Beth Atkinson, MS | Statistician III | Division of Biomedical Statistics & Informatics| Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Phone: 507-284-0431 | Admin Assistant: 507-266-4556 | Fax: 507-284-9542 | atkinson@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic | 200 First Street SW | Rochester, MN 55905 | www.mayoclinic.org [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On 30/08/2010 6:00 PM, Atkinson, Elizabeth J. (Beth) wrote:> Several of us locally are puzzling over the following problem: > > We have a central repository of R packages on our linux system. > Occasionally, we'd like to install a different version of the same > package (such as making updates to the survival package before it is > released to the larger group, or a downloaded beta version). When > using the library function, it appears that lib.loc is not being used > and instead the central repository is being used. We've even tried > modifying .libPaths( ) so that our local path is first in the search > list. Is this a bug or a "feature"? > > For example: > > > > install.packages('DBI',lib='/data1/bsi/epi/s105816.SNPlinkage/CNV/rlib') > > library(DBI, > lib.loc='/data1/bsi/epi/s105816.SNPlinkage/CNV/rlib') > > I can look in my directory and see that DBI is version 0.2-5, > but when I use the library command I get the version installed in the > central location instead of in my specified directory. > > > library(help=DBI)You didn't specify the lib.loc in this command. Typing library() will tell you where it will look, in the order given by .libPaths(). Duncan Murdoch> > Information on package 'DBI' > > Package: DBI > Version: 0.2-4 > Title: R Database Interface > Author: R Special Interest Group on Databases (R-SIG-DB) > Maintainer: David A. James <daj025 at gmail.com> > Depends: R (>= 2.3.0), methods > LazyLoad: yes > License: LGPL (version 2 or later) > Collate: DBI.R Util.R zzz.R > Packaged: Tue Oct 16 21:43:31 2007; dj > Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-10-26 17:51:14 UTC; unix > > Further information is available in the following vignettes in > directory > '/usr/local/biotools/r/R-2.10.0/lib64/R/library/DBI/doc': > >> version > _ > platform x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > arch x86_64 > os linux-gnu > system x86_64, linux-gnu > status > major 2 > minor 10.0 > year 2009 > month 10 > day 26 > svn rev 50208 > language R > version.string R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) > > Beth Atkinson, MS | Statistician III | Division of Biomedical Statistics > & Informatics| Assistant Professor of Biostatistics > Phone: 507-284-0431 | Admin Assistant: 507-266-4556 | Fax: 507-284-9542 > | atkinson at mayo.edu > Mayo Clinic | 200 First Street SW | Rochester, MN 55905 | > www.mayoclinic.org > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.