Copying libraries from one version of R to another (was Re: MikTeX will be assumed in R 2.2.0 in Windows)
On 9/9/05, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
I've just committed some changes to allow R to be built and to use MikTeX without needing the Rd.sty files to be installed to localtexmf. Unfortunately, the changes are not compatible with other TeX packages, so if you're not using MikTeX you'll need to edit a couple of the config files (or set an environment variable). I'd appreciate hearing of any problems during the alpha or beta test period. A binary build containing the changes should be on CRAN tomorrow or the next day. Look for revision 35546 or higher.
The above improvement was one of the key things one had to look out for in installing R that was not already covered in the R setup procedure. The other one is to copy the libraries from your old R version to your new one (unless you want to share libraries among versions). I have a batch file in the devel version of batchfiles to do that but if this were made part of the installation procedure I could eliminate it or if it were included it would be much less necessary.