Which executable is associated with R CMD INSTALL?
On 10/30/2006 2:32 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
I'm still having trouble installing the lme4 package on RHEL 3. I've asked this list and it seems my problem is not universal. Brian Ripley indicated that the problem was with recognising the Matrix package, even though I've taken care to get the most recent versions of Matrix and lme4. It seems to me that the problem arises because the computer has a site installation of R-2.3.1 and I'm trying to use R-2.4.0 from my home directory. I use a symbolic link (named R) to point to the 2.4.0 executable. The only problem I've encountered is installing the lme4 package, and I'm now guessing that R CMD INSTALL is not using my link, and defaults to the R-2.3.1. Does my theory have any credibility? I know it wouldn't explain why the other packages don't have a problem, but I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
Try "R CMD printenv R_HOME" and you'll find which R home directory it is using. You can see a lot more with "R CMD printenv" or various options to "R CMD config". Duncan Murdoch