High, on all of my computers the first entry in libPaths for root was /usr/lib64/R/library or /usr/lib/R/library. Now it change at one (lynx) anyway to
root@lynx:/root(2)# R R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16) Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > .libPaths() [1] "/root/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12" [2] "/usr/lib64/R/library" If I try to install packages with: install.packages(something) it goes to /root/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/ and not as expected to /usr/lib64/R/library. If I do .libPaths("/usr/lib64/R/library") I can temporarily reset libPaths to expected value, but after the next start of R I have again /root/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12 as first entry in libPaths: > .libPaths("/usr/lib64/R/library") > .libPaths() [1] "/usr/lib64/R/library" > Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: y [1]+ Done compare_conf_files 2> /dev/null root@lynx:/root(3)# R R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16) Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > .libPaths() [1] "/root/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12" [2] "/usr/lib64/R/library" > How can I reset libPaths permanently for root to "/usr/lib64/R/library"? I have: root@lynx:/root(4)# R --version R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16) .. Regards. -- Juergen Rose <r...@rz.uni-potsdam.de> Uni-Potsdam ______________________________________________ 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.