R SIG Debian - Nov 2011 - install error ldpaths: No such file or directory

Hi

I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu 11.10  and it seems to install fine with
both apt-get and dpkg but always when I start R I get

    jt42@bioinf4:~# R
   
/usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory

   
R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31)

   
Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing

   
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
   
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)



I read something about creating a soft link from /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib but that
just changes the error to
/usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib64/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory

   
There is no ldpaths file created during the install
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# updatedb
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# locate ldpaths
   
/usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
   
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2011-11-01 12:49 /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths ->
/etc/R/ldpaths
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# ls -lt /etc/R/ldpaths
   
ls: cannot access /etc/R/ldpaths: No such file or directory
    
jt42@bioinf4:~# 


I've tried to purge all traces of previous installs using apt-get purge and
manually deleteing every remaining R/ directory but still the same error :(

Can anyone help me get it working?

Thanks
John


jt42@bioinf4:~# uname -a
Linux bioinf4 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 		 	   		  
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On 11/09/2011 06:06 AM, John Coulthard wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu 11.10  and it seems to install fine
> with both apt-get and dpkg but always when I start R I get
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# R
>
> /usr/local/bin/R: line 237: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
> directory
>
>
> R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31)
>
>
> Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>
>
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
>
>
> I read something about creating a soft link from /usr/lib64 to
> /usr/lib but that just changes the error to /usr/local/bin/R: line
> 237: /usr/lib64/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
>
>
> There is no ldpaths file created during the install
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# updatedb
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# locate ldpaths
>
> /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# ls -lt /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2011-11-01 12:49 /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths ->
> /etc/R/ldpaths
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# ls -lt /etc/R/ldpaths
>
> ls: cannot access /etc/R/ldpaths: No such file or directory
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~#
>
>
> I've tried to purge all traces of previous installs using apt-get
> purge and manually deleteing every remaining R/ directory but still
> the same error :(
>
> Can anyone help me get it working?
>
> Thanks John
>
>
> jt42 at bioinf4:~# uname -a Linux bioinf4 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu
> SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
John,

I just did an install of R on a clean version of Ubuntu 11.10 and I am 
unable to replicate the issue.  I am using 32 bit, so that may be the 
issue, but I doubt it.

Is there a "etc/R" directory?  I would un-install R, delete the /etc/R
and /usr/lib/R directories, reboot, then install R again (which may have 
already tried).  Do you do a fresh install of 11.10, or an upgrade? 
Sometimes the upgrades can cause issues.

Michael


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