Duncan Murdoch <murdoch <at> stats.uwo.ca> writes: > On 6/30/2005 8:10 AM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > When I install a new version of R (Windows XP) I have to: > > > > 1. copy my rw....\etc\Rprofile.site file to the new installation
Same here, and I also change one or two things in etc/Rconsole. It would be nice if we could tell to keep 'site-wide' config files outside of $R_HOME (which is always version-number challenged, ie. the path changes four times a year [ assuming two regular releases with one patch releases each, as has been the norm lately ] ). So just as I can set R_LIBS in ~/.Renviron to point to my library directory, would it make sense to add, say, R_ETC ? > > 2. copy the rw....\share\texmf files to the tex subfolder of the > > miktex root directory and then refresh the miktex name database > > (I have a batch file that does this for me which I run > > whenever I install a new version of R.) I have no issues with the tetex installation in Cygwin. > > 3. setup the shortcut key using 'properties' on my R desktop icon so > > that ctrl-alt-R brings up the new rather than the old R. (This one > > really had me confused once since I did not realize I was still > > using the old version of R after installing the new one.) I ignore the icons, so I don't care. But I always need to update my softlink farm in /usr/local/bin for R, Rgui, Rterm, Rcmd. > > 4. reinstall the packages I use or else setup etc\Renviron.site with > > an R_LIBS to point to include the old library or perhaps one can > > copy the libraries over being careful not to overwrite new versions > > of the standard libraries. > > > > Many other windows program automatically transfer the settings when > > you upgrade them. > > > > I wonder if the installation process could optionally transfer > > such settings from an old installation to a new one to make it > > easier to install R. As Duncan mentioned, this one is easy to take care of. I use R_LIBS="c:/opt/R/lib" in ~/.Renviron, and that directory is outside of / parallel to where I install the different R versions. One idea I had was if we could ask the installer to (optionally) adopt a scheme different from rwXXXX/ and to simple use something like Rcurrent/, with an optional renaming of the previous R installation to Rprevious. That way, Gabor's desktop icon doesn't need to change, nor do my softlinks in /usr/local/bin have to be adapted, as they always point into Rcurrent/bin/ . I am probably overlooking something. But in case I don't, would anybody else see merit in this scheme? Regards, Dirk ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
