[R] problems with library in 1.7.1

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Direct use of .lib.loc was deprecated in 1.6.0.  Use .libPaths() instead.

.Library is looked for package:base, and your assigning a copy in 
.GlobalEnv will make no difference.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, R. Heberto Ghezzo wrote:

> Hello.
> I am using R 1.7.1 just downloaded on Win98. With the old 1.6.2 I had
> modified the etc/Rprofile file as
> 
> etc/Rprofile
> # Things you might want to change
> # options(width=80)
> # options(papersize="a4")
> # options(editor="notepad")
> # options(pager="internal")
> # to prefer Compiled HTML help
> options(chmhelp=TRUE)
> # to prefer HTML help
> # options(htmlhelp=TRUE)
> # to prefer Windows help
> # options(winhelp=TRUE)
> 
> .lib.loc <- c("c:/R/R_cran/library","c:/R/R_w/library",.Library)
> ------------------
> and it normally worked well, calling library() gives me a list of all
> packages in the 3 sites
> but in R 1.7.1 on Win98
> 
> > .lib.loc
> [1] "c:/R/R_cran/library" "c:/R/R_w/library"    "C:/R/RW1071/library"
> > .Library
> [1] "C:/R/RW1071/library"
> > library()
>   only lists C:/R/RW1071/library
> > .Library <- .lib.loc
> > library()
>   same result, does not add the other libraries
> 
> if I return Rprofile to its original and instead create and
> Renviron.site as in the FAQ
> 
> etc/Renviron.site
> R_LIBS = C:/R_CRAN/Library;C:/R_W/Library
> 
> 
> > .Library
> [1] "C:/R/RW1071/library"
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: list.files: C:/R_CRAN/Library is not a readable directory
> 2: list.files: C:/R_W/Library is not a readable directory
> >
> Well I used them before, what should I do now to make them readable?

You didn't spell them that way before: I am not sure if that makes a 
difference?

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