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quanli＠mail.ucf.edu

6 Feb 2008 6 Feb '08

9:27 a.m.

Hello, How can I create/modify the .Renviron and .Rprofile files in the root directory? Thanks in advance. quan

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jhainmueller＠gmail.com

6 Feb 6 Feb

9:54 a.m.

Depending on what are you trying to do ito of customizing your environment, it should be sufficient to just change the Rprofile.site file, which R will run first. Depending on your operating system this should be in the C:\Program Files\R\R-n.n.n\etc directory. You can just edit this to set options, change directories at startup, etc. You can do this for example by using a .First function that will also be run first when you start the R session (check ?.First for help on this). For example like: .First <- function(){ library(xtable) library(car) cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") } You can also use .Last with will be run last when you close the R session. .Last <- function(){ cat(paste("\nGoodbye at ", date(), "\n")) } j.

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:27 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Hello, How can I create/modify the .Renviron and .Rprofile files in the root directory? Thanks in advance. quan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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quanli＠mail.ucf.edu

10:42 a.m.

Thank you, Jens. Do you recommend creating a local/personal library for add-on packages? quan

>> "Jens Hainmueller" <jhainmueller at gmail.com> 2/6/2008 9:54 AM >>>

Depending on what are you trying to do ito of customizing your environment, it should be sufficient to just change the Rprofile.site file, which R will run first. Depending on your operating system this should be in the C:\Program Files\R\R-n.n.n\etc directory. You can just edit this to set options, change directories at startup, etc. You can do this for example by using a .First function that will also be run first when you start the R session (check ?.First for help on this). For example like: .First <- function(){ library(xtable) library(car) cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") } You can also use .Last with will be run last when you close the R session. .Last <- function(){ cat(paste("\nGoodbye at ", date(), "\n")) } j.

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:27 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Hello, How can I create/modify the .Renviron and .Rprofile files in the root directory? Thanks in advance. quan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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11:02 a.m.

If you use your home computer I would just go with R's default, which is to install all add on packages into the \R\R-n.n.n\library folder. That way it's easy to update packages (using update.packages()). I tend to reinstall my packages when I upgrade R to a new version, because many packages tend to be updated fairly frequently. jens

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:42 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Thank you, Jens. Do you recommend creating a local/personal library for add-on packages? quan

>> "Jens Hainmueller" <jhainmueller at gmail.com> 2/6/2008 9:54 AM >>>

Depending on what are you trying to do ito of customizing your environment, it should be sufficient to just change the Rprofile.site file, which R will run first. Depending on your operating system this should be in the C:\Program Files\R\R-n.n.n\etc directory. You can just edit this to set options, change directories at startup, etc. You can do this for example by using a .First function that will also be run first when you start the R session (check ?.First for help on this). For example like: .First <- function(){ library(xtable) library(car) cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") } You can also use .Last with will be run last when you close the R session. .Last <- function(){ cat(paste("\nGoodbye at ", date(), "\n")) } j.

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:27 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Hello, How can I create/modify the .Renviron and .Rprofile files in the root directory? Thanks in advance. quan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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quanli＠mail.ucf.edu

11:16 a.m.

thank you. I will go with the advice. quan

>> "Jens Hainmueller" <jhainmueller at gmail.com> 2/6/2008 11:02 AM >>>

If you use your home computer I would just go with R's default, which is to install all add on packages into the \R\R-n.n.n\library folder. That way it's easy to update packages (using update.packages()). I tend to reinstall my packages when I upgrade R to a new version, because many packages tend to be updated fairly frequently. jens

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:42 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Thank you, Jens. Do you recommend creating a local/personal library for add-on packages? quan

>> "Jens Hainmueller" <jhainmueller at gmail.com> 2/6/2008 9:54 AM >>>

Depending on what are you trying to do ito of customizing your environment, it should be sufficient to just change the Rprofile.site file, which R will run first. Depending on your operating system this should be in the C:\Program Files\R\R-n.n.n\etc directory. You can just edit this to set options, change directories at startup, etc. You can do this for example by using a .First function that will also be run first when you start the R session (check ?.First for help on this). For example like: .First <- function(){ library(xtable) library(car) cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") } You can also use .Last with will be run last when you close the R session. .Last <- function(){ cat(paste("\nGoodbye at ", date(), "\n")) } j.

-----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l- bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Quan Li Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:27 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: [gov2001-l] Help with customizing R Hello, How can I create/modify the .Renviron and .Rprofile files in the root directory? Thanks in advance. quan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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