install.packages() does not warn when 'lib' arg is missing on Linux or Windows
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Herve Pages wrote:
Hello, Man page for 'install.packages' says that if the 'lib' arg is missing, then it "defaults to '.libPaths()[1]' with a warning". But, given the 'install.packages' source code, it seems that this warning is issued only when 'length(.libPaths()) > 1'. So typically, this warning will appear on Mac OS X but not on a Linux or Windows systems with default settings.
Yes, and what is the problem with that?
On my Mac OS X system:
> .libPaths()
[1] "/Users/biocbuild/Library/R/Library" [2] "/Library/Frameworks/R.Framework/Versions/2.3/Resources/library" but on my Linux system:
> .libPaths()
[1] "/home/hpages/arch/x86_64/R-2.3.1/library" I'm using R-2.3.1 on both systems. Best, H.
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