[Rd] install.packages() fails if .libPaths() set

Hadley Wickham h.wickham at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 15:05:57 CET 2012


>> I'm not sure I follow. I thought install.packages() installs into the
>> first element of .libPaths(), and indeed I get this message:
>>
>> Installing package into ‘/Users/hadley/Desktop/test’
>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>
> Yes, but "sets" is not there.

I'm trying to understand why it's not there - if install.packages()
installs dependent packages does it put them somewhere else?

Hadley

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