Dear all, I am trying to use multiple version of R unpacked from CRAN deb files.
It does work successfully, except for some packages installation, whether Rscript has been used. I have configured alternatives and switch R environments without any problem and can install most of the packages. '====================================================== $ update-alternatives --display R R - auto mode link currently points to /opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/R /opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/R - priority 200 /usr/lib/R/bin/R - priority 100 Current 'best' version is '/opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/R'. $ update-alternatives --display Rscript Rscript - auto mode link currently points to /opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/Rscript /opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/Rscript - priority 200 /usr/lib/R/bin/Rscript - priority 100 Current 'best' version is '/opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/Rscript'. '====================================================== Rscript always invokes `/usr/lib/R/bin/R`, but my alternatives are configured against `/usr/bin/R` '====================================================== $ Rscript --verbose -e 'Sys.getenv("R_HOME")' running '/usr/lib/R/bin/R --slave --no-restore -e Sys.getenv("R_HOME")' [1] "/usr/lib/R" '====================================================== As have been mentioned by Dirk Eddelbuettel, in order to make Rscript invoke correct R, I can adjust `PATH` environment variable. Which was done, but in my case didn't work out. Rscript still calls `/usr/ lib/R/bin/R` '====================================================== $ env | grep PATH PATH=/opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin:/opt/python/conda/bin::/usr/local/sbin:/ usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games $ Rscript --version && Rscript --verbose -e 'print("Hello")' R scripting front-end version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10) running '/usr/lib/R/bin/R --slave --no-restore -e print("Hello")' [1] "Hello" '====================================================== Could you please advise where I should dig further in order to force Rscript to use `/usr/bin/R` or `/opt/R/3.2.3/usr/lib/R/bin/R`? Regards, Cron Acronis. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian