>From the 'Writing R Extensions' manual: R CMD check and R CMD build run R with --vanilla, so none of the user's startup files are read. If you need R_LIBS set (to find packages in a non-standard library) you will need to set it in the environment.
so 'the problem' is your not reading the documentation. On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Mstislav Elagin wrote: > Dear developers, > > I am writing a package that depends on some other packages. The > dependencies are stated in the `description' file under "Depends". They > are installed in my private library, which is pointed to by setting > R_LIBS in .Renviron, and are available if R is started normally. > However, when I try to `R CMD check' my package, R complains about the > dependencies being not available. I believe the reason is the option > --vanilla set in $R_HOME/bin/check that prevents R from reading my > .Renviron. > This problem manifests itself with R 2.5.1 under Windows XP but not with > the same version under Linux. (Yes, I know this is not the latest > version, sorry about that :) ) > > How do I convince `R CMD check' to find the packages installed in the > private library? > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > WBR > > Mstislav Elagin > > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel