| libPaths {base} | R Documentation |
Search Paths for Packages
Description
.libPaths gets/sets the library trees within which packages are
looked for.
Usage
.libPaths(new)
.Library
Arguments
new |
a character vector with the locations of R library trees. |
Details
.Library is a character string giving the location of the
default library, the ‘library’ subdirectory of R\_HOME.
.libPaths is used for getting or setting the library trees that
R knows about (and hence uses when looking for packages). If called
with argument new, the library search path is set to
the existing files in unique(new, .Library) and this is
returned. If given no argument, a character vector with the currently
known library trees is returned.
The library search path is initialized at startup from the environment
variable R\_LIBS (which should be a colon-separated list of
directories at which R library trees are rooted) by calling
.libPaths with the directories specified in R\_LIBS.
Value
A character vector of file paths.
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole.
See Also
library
Examples
.libPaths() # all library trees R knows about