[R] R not recognized in command line

[Daniel Nordlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Aaditya Nanduri
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:31 PM
> To: gleynes+r at gmail.com
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org; spector at stat.berkeley.edu; Uwe Ligges
> Subject: Re: [R] R not recognized in command line
> 
> @ Daniel Nordlund : I've also tried the dir that you recommended. R is
> still
> not recognized as a command in CMD.exe
> 
> @ Uwe Ligges : There are no blanks before or after the semicolon. I added
> them after I copied it so that it would be more legible. And for some of
> the
> dir's in the path, having a backslash at the end still works. However, I
> tried it with and without the backslash for the R_HOME\bin and \bin\i386
> folders. Nothing seems to work.
> 
> @Gene Lynes : I have been using the GUI the whole time so it wasnt too
> hard
> changing the path constantly. And I've also set the R_HOME variable as
> well.
> 
> I'm starting to regret clearing the partition that had Ubuntu. Life
> would've
> been so much easier had I not erased it.
> I will definitely let you know if I have any breakthroughs.
> 

Well, (1) either the path is still not correct, (2) R is not installed where you think it is, or (3) your windows installation is corrupted.  (There are probably other options as well.  Let's make sure R is installed where you think it is.  The default directory for 32-bit R-2.12.1 on Windows (if you accepted the defaults) is

C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin\i386

So open up a Windows command shell and execute Rterm by typing the full path and filename 

"C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin\i386\Rterm.exe" 

Make sure you include the double quotes around the complete path (because of the space in the directory path, and if you changed the installation directory then you obviously would need to change the command).  Does R start up?  If it does, then you still don't have the correct path stored in the PATH environment variable.  If R doesn't start, then it is not installed where you think it is.  Let us know your results are.

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA code.