Make install_r(), setup_r_profile(), and setup_r_environ() methods.

[grabear]

From @grabear on May 25, 2018 4:52

Create custom methods for installing various version of R, and managing the R environment. This will require user or package specified .Rprofile and .Renviron files, and maybe other parameters.

Copied from original issue: datasnakes/renv#9

[grabear]

R Configuration options (3.4.3)

config-help.txt

./configure --help # See config-help.txt

# Look into using:
# --prefix=$HOME/desired/path
# --disable-rpath         do not hardcode runtime library paths (.libPaths??)
# --with-libpth-prefix[=DIR]  search for libpth in DIR/include and DIR/lib
# --without-libpth-prefix     don't search for libpth in includedir and libdir
# R_PRINTCMD  command used to spool PostScript files to the printer
#
#  PKGCONF     path to pkg-config utility
#  PKG_CONFIG_PATH
#              directories to add to pkg-config's search path
#  PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
#              path overriding pkg-config's default search path



# Important stuff:
#
#Installation directories:
#  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
#                          [/usr/local]
#  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
#                          [PREFIX]
#
#By default, `make install' will install all the files in
#`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc.  You can specify
#an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
#for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
#
#For better control, use the options below.
#
#Fine tuning of the installation directories:
#  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
#  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
#  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
#  --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
#  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
#  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
#  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
#  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
#  --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
#  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
#  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
#  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
#  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
#  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
#  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/R]
#  --htmldir=DIR           html documentation [DOCDIR]
#  --dvidir=DIR            dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
#  --pdfdir=DIR            pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
#  --psdir=DIR             ps documentation [DOCDIR]
#
#R installation directories:
#  --libdir=DIR        R files to R_HOME=DIR/R [EPREFIX/$LIBnn]
#    rdocdir=DIR       R doc files to DIR      [R_HOME/doc]
#    rincludedir=DIR   R include files to DIR  [R_HOME/include]
#    rsharedir=DIR     R share files to DIR    [R_HOME/share]