A couple of months ago I downloaded R 1.6.0's binary for Windows, which I have since been using without any particular problem, that is on one machine running Windows 98. Last week I set up a local network and have since tried to use R remotely, i.e. R is installed on the previous machine and nowhere else. On the client's side, the GUI opens correctly and allows me to do simple computations such as x<-1:20 y<-1:20 plot(x,y) So far, so good. Problem is with packages which I don't seem to be able to access on the server (locally, I repeat, this works fine) i.e. when I try library() I get no packages found Warning message: libraries `//ServerComputer/c/Program Files/R/rw1060/library', `//SERVERCOMPUTER/C/PROGRA~1/R/RW1060/library' contain no packages in: library() Does that ring any bell to one of you ? Am I trying to do something R was never designed to do in the first place ? Henri
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5 messages · Henri Tourneur, Jesus Frias, Uwe Ligges +2 more
Dear R-helpers, Would anybody have a compiled binary version (for Windows) of the Dopt library that is in the development site?. best regards, IOsu -------------------------------------------------------------- Jes?s Mar?a Fr?as Celayeta Dublin Institute of Technology School of Food Sci. and Env. Health. Cathal Bruha St., Dublin 1. Ireland Phone: +353 1 4024459 Fax: +353 1 4024495 http://www.dit.ie/DIT/tourismfood/science/staff/frias.html --------------------------------------------------------------
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Henri Tourneur wrote:
A couple of months ago I downloaded R 1.6.0's binary for Windows, which I have since been using without any particular problem, that is on one machine running Windows 98. Last week I set up a local network and have since tried to use R remotely, i.e. R is installed on the previous machine and nowhere else. On the client's side, the GUI opens correctly and allows me to do simple computations such as x<-1:20 y<-1:20 plot(x,y) So far, so good. Problem is with packages which I don't seem to be able to access on the server (locally, I repeat, this works fine) i.e. when I try library() I get no packages found Warning message: libraries `//ServerComputer/c/Program Files/R/rw1060/library', `//SERVERCOMPUTER/C/PROGRA~1/R/RW1060/library' contain no packages in: library() Does that ring any bell to one of you ? Am I trying to do something R was never designed to do in the first place ?
We are running R completely from a server (all machines, both server and clients, are NT-based, i.e. WinNT, WinXP), and it works without any problems. But you should consider the following points: - Use a sensible network share (i.e. regularly it's not a good idea to share the whole drive). - Don't use any blanks in the paths. (e.g., we have installed R at the following UNC path: "\\server\software\R") - Assign a drive letter to the UNC path at the client side, e.g. with a startup script that includes the line: net use s: \\server\software So you can create a shortcut that starts R at the following location: s:\R\bin\RGui.exe Uwe Ligges
You should try mapping your remote files to a local drive. It's absolutely normal to do so. I have no idea why this is not working, as all the I/O is done via normal Windows API calls. Once mapped it certainly works: our lab has R on the N: drive, which is served from a remote Linux Samba server. By the way, I am sure you are not trying to run R remotely: R is running on the local machine but using files served from a remote machine without being mounted. This is equivalent to expecting server:/usr/local/bin/R syntax to work on a Unix box (which it will not).
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Henri Tourneur wrote:
A couple of months ago I downloaded R 1.6.0's binary for Windows, which I have since been using without any particular problem, that is on one machine running Windows 98. Last week I set up a local network and have since tried to use R remotely, i.e. R is installed on the previous machine and nowhere else. On the client's side, the GUI opens correctly and allows me to do simple computations such as x<-1:20 y<-1:20 plot(x,y) So far, so good. Problem is with packages which I don't seem to be able to access on the server (locally, I repeat, this works fine) i.e. when I try library() I get no packages found Warning message: libraries `//ServerComputer/c/Program Files/R/rw1060/library', `//SERVERCOMPUTER/C/PROGRA~1/R/RW1060/library' contain no packages in: library() Does that ring any bell to one of you ? Am I trying to do something R was never designed to do in the first place ? Henri
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Jesus Frias wrote:
Dear R-helpers,
Would anybody have a compiled binary version (for Windows) of the Dopt
library that is in the development site?.
best regards,
IOsu
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Jes?s Mar?a Fr?as Celayeta
Dublin Institute of Technology
School of Food Sci. and Env. Health.
Cathal Bruha St., Dublin 1. Ireland
Phone: +353 1 4024459 Fax: +353 1 4024495
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/tourismfood/science/staff/frias.html
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