[R-sig-Debian] problem with ldpaths

Michael Rutter
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:55:32 -0000

Jim,

What version of Ubuntu are you using?  Was this a fresh install or an
upgrade?  This is the only report of this I have heard, so I need some
more information.

Michael

On 10/25/2013 08:41 AM, Jim Maas wrote:
> I've just installed r-base (several times!) using the instructions at
> http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
>
> and for some reason it is not creating a /etc/R/ldpaths file.
>
> I've tried a few times, tried purging, and removing everything in
> /etc/R    and
> /usr/lib/R
>
> as suggested by Dirk,
>
> and reinstalling but still get
>
> $ R
> /usr/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
>
> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
> Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
>
> and then cannot install packages.
>
> I tried manually creating the file /etc/R/ldpaths and it got rid of the
> error when loading R, but would still not install packages.
>
> Something is not loading/installing correctly for latest version.  Can
> anyone help diagnose and fix?
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> J
>
>
>

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