From: Andreas Zankl
Thanks. Sys.putenv did work, however this has to be set every
time I start R.
gs is on my path and works fine under Unix, but I get the following
error when running bitmap (without setting R_GSCMD first):
/bin/sh: line 1: gs: command not found
I assume the problem is related to the fact that I am using the csh
shell, while the new Mac OS X default shell is now bash. So I guess
my .csh path settings are ignored by R calling bash. I solved the
problem by adding my R_GSCMD settings to the Renviron file
(R_GSCMD=${RGSCMD-'/sw/bin/gs'} in my case). Hope this helps anyone
with the same problem.
Thanks again for your help!
Andreas
At 12:51 +0100 20.10.2005, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Andreas Zankl wrote:
The help file of the R bitmap function says that I have to set the
environment variable R_GSCMD to the path of my Ghostscript
installation.
Actually, it does not say that. It says you _can_ specify the path
to your executable (not the installation) that way. It will work
without doing so if the executable 'gs' (on a Unix-alike) is on your
path, which it normally is on Unix-alikes.
How do I set this variable (either by commandline or in
R.app for Mac)? Sorry if this sounds like a very basic question, but
I could not find the answer anywhere else.
?Sys.putenv for how to do it from R. help.search("environment
variable") got me there.
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