[R] The bin/R file - hardcoded paths

[Uwe Ligges]

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"You can install into another directory tree by using
make prefix=/path/to/here install"

Uwe Ligges





On 29.04.2011 19:42, Saptarshi Guha wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I notice that e.g /home/sguha/lib64 is hard coded into the /bin/R file .
> I nstalled R as ./configure --prefix=$HOME ...
>
> What i need to do is ship the entire R distribution to remote nodes,
> and run R. These are shipped to ephemeral directories
> so I dont know the path ahead of time.
>
> R_HOME doesn't change things either.
>
> So i guess one cant run R on a system unless it's been installed?
>
> 1. I can't install R on the compute nodes using ./configure ....
> 2. All nodes do have the same architecture
> 3. I would like to stick to the 'shipping' approach.
>
>
> Thanks
> Saptarshi
>
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