[ESS-bugs] [ESS] trouble starting ESS

[Rodney Sparapani]

On 07/30/10 03:30 PM, Main, Regan wrote:
> When I submit: M-x ess-sas-interactive, I get the following in a new
> *iESS[SAS]* buffer.
>
> sas -rsasuser -altlog .log -altprint .lst -stdio<  /dev/tty
> speed 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
> force % sas: Command not found.
> force %
>    
This could be the problem.  Either sas is not in your PATH, or the
PATH is not being inherited by emacs.  Why, I don't know.
> In step 2 of the Common Problems site, I get stuck.  It doesn't look
> like the ess-sas-sh-command works.  Dired is working.  When I check the
> executable path, it says: "/usr/rand/sas92linux/sas".  I tried creating
> a symlink as it instructed in ~bin, but that didn't change anything.
>
> I am trying to run this on one of my company's machines.  I didn't
> install ESS, so I can't say for certain whether the instructions were
> followed.  The person who did install it is out of the office for 10
> days.  He did install it on at least 2 other machines, and I've never
> had a problem with either of them.
>
> Would you recommend I have ESS reinstalled on this machine?
>    
No, we better not.  Based on above, I don't think the problem is 
ess-sas-sh-command.  Can you execute that?  It seems to be that sas is 
not being
found for whatever reason.
> Thanks much for your help troubleshooting!
> -Regan
>    

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Rodney Sparapani       Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research
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