If R_LIBS is not set then R CMD INSTALL without a lib argument installs in R_HOME/library while install.packages() without lib installs in the first element of .libPaths(). If R_LIBS is set, then R CMD INSTALL installs in the first directory in R_LIBS, and install.packages() still installs in the first element of .libPaths() (i.e. ignores R_LIBS). Is this difference intentional ? It would perhaps be more convenient if .libPaths()[1] was used as a default in all cases (when no lib argument is given). === Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software US mail: 8130 Math Sciences Bldg, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: deleeuw@stat.ucla.edu homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au
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