Running the Linux commands which R and echo $PATH | sed -e 's/:/\n/g' might give you a hint.
(Exactly what did you install in /usr?) Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf > Of Rich Shepard > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 5:51 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] What Directs R to Executable Directory? > > I apparently had a prior version of R in /usr/local/, but deleted all > R files in that subdirectory. Rebuilt R-3.0.3 and installed it in /usr/. > However, when I try to start R as either a user or as root it aborts because > it cannot find /usr/local/bin/R. > > Where is this information stored? I need to either edit that file or > remove it so R can happily find all it wants in /usr/. > > Thanks, > > Rich > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.