[R] R interpreter not recognized

[Maria I. Tchalakova]

Hi Paul,

I am using Slackware 12.0.0.

Maria

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Maria I. Tchalakova
> <maria.tchalakova at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to install a program based on R, but I am receiving the
>> following error message:
>> root at darkstar:/home/maria/UCS# perl System/Install.perl
>> Error: Can't run the R interpreter (/usr/local/bin/R).
>> Please make sure that R is installed and specify the fully qualified
>> filename of the R interpreter with -R if necessary (see "doc/install.txt").
>>
>> I do have installed R, and I can see it (it is working also fine when I use it):
>>> which R
>>> /usr/local/bin/R
>> I have specified the location of the R interpreter with -R (or -rh)
>> /usr/local/bin/R" when running the program, but it still doesn't work.
>> I have also used -R /usr/local/lib/R/bin/R or -rh
>> /usr/local/lib/R/bin/R.
>> I have also added the locations to my search path.
>>
>> It seems that the problem comes from my environment, but I cannot
>> figure out what's wrong. Do you have any clues why the interpreter
>> cannot be found?
>
> Maria: what is the Linux distribution that you are using?
>
> Paul
>