The file is src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL. You do not want --vanilla: the point is to run R under normal conditions to pick up the value it uses. There is a workaround on the Unix side, nd I will add a similar one to the Windows code.
There will be the usual delays in this getting into an alpha Windows binary, so please try https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL (save it and drop it into the R_HOME/bin directory). On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > I located the problem to INSTALL. If no the library path is not > passed explicitly, that is no -l option is use, the following code in > called: > > 132: my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--slave"); > 133: $library = @out[0]; > 134: $library = Win32::GetShortPathName($library) if $library =~ / /; > 135: print "installing to '$library'\n"; > > In my .Rprofile I write a message "$HOME2/.Rprofile ...done" to > stdout. This is what is picked up in @out[0] above, and then I guess > the code on line 134 turns this into an empty string (somehow). By > adding option --vanilla to the R call, this problem goes away. > > Here is a patch to $R_HOME/bin/INSTALL. > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.0alpha\bin>diff INSTALL INSTALL.new > 132c132 > < my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--slave"); > --- >> my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--vanilla --slave"); > > > I'm not sure if that INSTALL is in the source. The only thing I can > find in the SVN is INSTALL.in > (https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/scripts/INSTALL.in), but that > contains no such line of code?!? > > /Henrik > > > On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Nothing has changed here for three months, AFAICS. However, I noticed >> you >> >> have installed R into a directory with a space in the path, despite the >> >> advice not to. OTOH, I have just tested installing where you did, and >> >> was able to install R.oo: >> >> >> >> [c:/Program Files/R/R-2.5.0alpha/bin]% ./Rcmd INSTALL >> >> d:/R/packages/contrib/R.oo_1.2.3.tar.gz >> >> installing to 'c:/PROGRA~1/R/R-25~1.0AL/library' >> >> ... >> > >> > Thank you for this confirmation. It is odd though, because so have >> > also I done successfully for years. >> > >> >> >> >> On Windows, INSTALL is a Perl script. Please debug it to see what is >> >> going wrong on your setup (it is working for many others). >> > >> > I will debug INSTALL to see what might go wrong. I'll see if I can >> > locate an earlier version of R 2.5.0 alpha to see if the error really >> > is there or not. >> > >> >> >> >> You can of course specify -l to workaround this. >> >> >> >> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I've just downloaded the latest R v2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-04 r41043) for >> >> >> >> That is not the latest binary build I am offered, let alone the latest >> >> sources. >> > >> > Got it from the UC Davis CRAN mirror about an one hour before my message. >> >> There is not much point in getting alpha/betas from mirrors: they can >> introduce another 24-hour delay. >> >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Henrik >> > >> >> >> >> > WinXP. When I try to >> >> > install a package R tries to install it to a no-name (empty name) >> >> > directory (causing error downstream): >> >> > >> >> > RCMD INSTALL R.oo >> >> > installing to '' >> >> > >> >> > FYI: Package install perfectly on R v2.4.1 patched, and did so also on >> >> > earlier R v2.5.0 devel/alpha(?) versions. >> >> > >> >> > Current directory is: >> >> > C:\tmp >> >> > >> >> > with subdirectory R.oo/ containing inst/ man/ R/ DESCRIPTION as usual. >> >> > >> >> > I noticed the following in CHANGES and NEWS related to R CMD INSTALL: >> >> > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL now installs by default into the first library on >> >> > the library path if R was run in the current environment. >> >> > Similarly, R CMD REMOVE by default removes from that library. >> >> > R CMD INSTALL does a better job of removing its temporary >> >> > directory. >> >> > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL and R CMD REMOVE now use as the default library >> >> > (if -l is not specified) the first library that would be used >> >> > if R were run in the current environment (and they run R to >> >> > find it). >> >> > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL now prepends the installation directory (if >> >> > specified) to the library search path. >> >> > >> >> > But my I do have: >> >> > >> >> >> .libPaths() >> >> > [1] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.5.0alpha/library" >> >> > >> >> > My setup: >> >> > echo %RHOME%: >> >> > C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.5.0alpha >> >> >> .libPaths() >> >> > [1] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.5.0alpha/library" >> >> >> sessionInfo() >> >> > R version 2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-04 r41043) >> >> > i386-pc-mingw32 >> >> > locale: >> >> > LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United >> >> States.1252;LC_MON >> >> > ETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United >> >> States.1252 >> >> > attached base packages: >> >> > [1] "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" >> "methods" >> >> > [7] "base" >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Any help appreciated >> >> > >> >> > Henrik >> >> > >> >> > ______________________________________________ >> >> > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
