[ESS] R doesn't function in *R* buffer after "M-x R"

[pleydell at supagro.inra.fr]

Dear ESS users

I have a new install of Ubuntu Hardy on a 64 bit machine. R is installed from
source at /home/david/lib/R-2.10.0/bin and in .emacs I have

(setenv "PATH" (concat (getenv "PATH") ":/home/david/lib/R-2.10.0/bin"))
(require 'ess-site)

and a M-x getenv gives

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/david/lib/R-2.10.0/bin

But when I do M-x R I get the error message

"Searching for program: no such file or directory, R"

The M-x R succeeded in providing a *R* buffer but R is not running inside the
buffer. I can start R fine inside a *shell* buffer by typing R at the prompt.

I'm quite confused why ESS can't find R, I also tried

(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/david/lib/R-2.10.0/bin")

but get the same error message.

How can I get M-x R to work properly?

Thanks
David






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