Thanks, but this wasn't my problem (I already use --vanilla when *calling* R):
The problem is how to get a "vanilla" *installation* (as I said, it was the installation which failed, not later running R, and this failure was caused by the file HOME/.RProfil). Hope that's clearer now. Thanks anyway! Oliver On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:45:53AM +0200, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Set you system up in a way that its R is started with some of the > options reported by `R --help': > > --no-environ Don't read the site and user environment files > --no-site-file Don't read the site-wide Rprofile > --no-init-file Don't read the .Rprofile or ~/.Rprofile files > --no-restore-data Don't restore previously saved objects > --no-restore-history Don't restore the R history file > --no-restore Don't restore anything > --vanilla Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file, > --no-init-file and --no-environ > > > Uwe Ligges > > > Oliver Kullmann wrote: > >Hello, > > > >my first attempt at installing version 2.9.0 failed > >because I got an error > >"Error in library(pspline) : there is no package called 'pspline'" > > > >Later I realised that this comes from HOME/.RProfil, and removing > >that files "solves" that problem. > > > >However, I'm actually glad that this error happened, since it shows > >a deeper problem (which is actually not solved yet): > >My context is that I re-distribute R as a part of an open-source > >library I develop, and this library (actually I call it a "research > >environment") installs many things (like R and Maxima, gcc, git, ...), > >and this all purely locally --- it shouldn't interfere with anything > >the user has installed. > > > >So my question is how can I tell R as installation time that it should > >not look at any configuration files or other files whatsoever (so it should > >for example ignore HOME/.RProfil)? > > > >The installation instructions mention the variable "rhome", but I don't > >understand what type of "home" is meant here. What I could need here > >would be a redefinition of the user home-directory (to a local directory > >in my installation), but I guess that is not meant with rhome. > > > >Hope somebody can help here. > > > >Oliver > > > >______________________________________________ > >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.
