On 6/30/05, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/30/05, J. Hosking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > > On 6/30/05, J. Hosking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ... > > > > >> I keep a separate directory ...\R\library for nonstandard packages, > > >> with environment variable R_LIBS set to the directory name. > > > > > > > > > Do you mean your R_LIBS has two components: one to look in > > > ..\R\rcurrent\library and a second to look in ..\R\library? What does > > > it look like exactly? > > > > > > When you do install.packages(whatever) does it install to the > > > ..\R\library rather than ..\R\rcurrent\library ? Also, does > > > updates.packages() work as expected for you? > > > > > My R_LIBS environment variable is just > > > > R_LIBS=C:\progs\r\library > > > > and within R I see > > > > > .libPaths() > > [1] "C:/progs/r/library" "C:/progs/r/rcurrent/library" > > > > i.e., the default library is automatically appended. The help for > > .libPaths explains this. And yes, install.packages() installs to > > C:\progs\R\library and update.packages() works as expected. > > > > > > > >>My miktex.ini file specifies ...\R\rcurrent\share\texmf as a place > > >>to look for input files. > > > > > > > > > I think its necessary to rebuild the name data base in miktex too > > > initexmf -u > > > although ignoring that step may work as long as the filenames > > > have not changed. > > > > You are probably correct, though I have not yet encountered any problems > > that I could attribute to not running initexmf -- no doubt the filenames > > have not changed recently. > > > > > I was hoping to continue using a vanilla > > > miktex installation as I do now rather than having a custom miktex.ini > > > file. At any rate my batch file would continue to work even with your > > > setup > > > so I think I should be ok here. > > > > > > > > >>That should take care of your points 3, 4, and 2, respectively. > > >>Duncan's suggestion of an R_ENVIRON environment variable (which > > >>I didn't know about; thanks, Duncan) should take care of point 1. > > >> > > >>Jon Hosking > > > > > > > > > It occurs to me in reading this that I could keep the *.site files in > > > ..\R and then have my miktex update batch file also copy them > > > to the appropriate etc folder. Thus keeping an R\library folder > > > and running the batch file after each new installation would > > > address 1, 2 and 4 even without using the same name for the > > > rw... folder. This still does not handle the shortcut key which > > > I would have to handle manually or determine if there is a way > > > I could also add that to my batch file. > > > > > Thanks. I think I have it now. I have: > > - placed my *.site files and library folder in C:\Program Files\R > and have set the R_LIBS variable in Renviron.site to point to > C:\Program Files\R\library . > > - I have a batch file which I placed on my desktop which runs rgui.exe > from the bin subfolder of the current version of R (using the registry > entry to find it). That desktop shortcut has the Alt+Ctrl+R shortcut > key associated with it since the batch file itself does not change even > when I install new versions of R. > > - each time I install a new version of R I run a batch file which > -- copies the R miktex files to the appropriate miktex folder > -- refreshes the miktex file name data base > -- copies the *.site files in \Program Files\R to the etc subfolder > of the current version of R (using the registry entry to find it) > > Getting this right is something I have been putting off for some time > now since I was very concerned that I screw up my entire R installation > but with the advice of the two of you I think I have it now. > If any of this functionality could be taken over by the standard > R installation procedure that would be great but in any case I think > I have a solution that works for me now. Thanks. >
I have cleaned up my batch files (somewhat) and posted them to CRAN. See my recent post: https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2005-July/073400.html If any of this functionality could migrate to R itself that would be great. 1. In particular, if R could automatically look in ../R for *.site files if it can't find them in .../R/rw..../etc and if it could look for a library in .../R/library then Rrefresh.bat could be simplified to just refreshing MiKTeX and makepkg.bat would not have to set the R_LIBS variable. 2. Also if Rcmd CHECK and Rcmd INSTALL were to process .Rbuildignore like Rcmd BUILD does then makepkg.bat would not have to do a build first. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
