[R] R v2.13.2 - Cannot find Rcmd on path?

Duncan Murdoch murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
Sat Oct 22 13:58:49 CEST 2011


On 11-10-21 8:40 PM, Joshua Wiley wrote:
> Hi Hardy,
>
> I would double check the PATH variable in Windows.  You can check it through the control panel, command prompt, or PowerShell.  If the correct path to R is not included, you will need to edit it (the PATH environment variable). I do not know a way to permanently edit it from the command prompt but it is easy and there are many guides online for how to do it through the control panel or the PowerShell.

The simple way to do it just for the command prompt is to write a little 
batch file setpath.bat containing

set PATH=newstuff;%PATH%

and then run cmd with

CMD /K setpath.bat

Duncan Murdoch

> HTH,
>
> Josh
>
> On Oct 21, 2011, at 14:07, Hardy Griesbauer<hgriesbauer at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hello,
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>> I recently updated to R version 2.13.2.  With R version 2.10.0, I often
>> created and installed R packages, however, I cannot do this since updating.
>> In other words, when I type in Rcmd build -binary PACKAGENAME I receive an
>> error message: "Rcmd is not recognized as an internal...".  I suspect that
>> this is because Rcmd.exe is no longer installed in the bin folder, but
>> rather, in the x64 folder within bin.  Please help!
>>
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>> What I've done so far:
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>> 1)      Downloaded and installed the latest version of Rtools (as of October
>> 21, 2011).
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>> 2)      During installation of Rtools, I included the following in the path:
>> C:\Progra~1\R\R-2.13.2\bin\x64 and confirmed that this is on the path.
>>
>> 3)      Read every help manual I can find, but I can't seem to locate the
>> answer to this problem.
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>> Other information:
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>> R version 2.13.2 (2011-09-30)
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>> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
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>> My windows version: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit OS.
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Hardy
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