[R] how to set environment variables?
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Thu Oct 20 13:51:24 CEST 2005
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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