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Message-ID: <8840A97C-2F98-42DA-8241-5132CB97FEDF@r-project.org>
Date: 2005-06-09T04:10:43Z
From: Simon Urbanek
Subject: some errors
In-Reply-To: <20050609003836.GB9993@turmalin.kubism.ku.dk>

Hi Kasper,

On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:38 PM, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:

> 1) In the "Preferences/Startup" menu, there is a spelling mistake:  
> the option "Add $HOME/R/Library" should be "Add $HOME/Library/R" (I  
> guess).

Thanks.

> 2) I tried installing Bioconductor binaries using the package menu. I

Stefano answered this one ... I hope to fix it in one of the next  
nightly builds ...

> 3) Could it be that R does not read environment variables when started
> on the terminal.

Reading ~/.profile is the task of the shell, not R, and AFAIR by  
definition it's used for login shells only. ~/.Renviron works for me  
(tested with ESS 5.2.8) - make sure the directory you specify in  
R_LIBS exists, otherwise it will be silently discarded by R.

Cheers,
Simon