[R] R v2.13.2 - Cannot find Rcmd on path?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 13.11.2011 17:29, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Hardy Griesbauer
> <hgriesbauer at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I recently updated to R version 2.13.2.  With R version 2.10.0, I often
>> created and installed R packages, however, I cannot do this since updating.
>> In other words, when I type in Rcmd build -binary PACKAGENAME I receive an
>> error message: "Rcmd is not recognized as an internal...".  I suspect that
>> this is because Rcmd.exe is no longer installed in the bin folder, but
>> rather, in the x64 folder within bin.  Please help!
>>
>>
>>
>> What I've done so far:
>>
>> 1)      Downloaded and installed the latest version of Rtools (as of October
>> 21, 2011).
>>
>> 2)      During installation of Rtools, I included the following in the path:
>> C:\Progra~1\R\R-2.13.2\bin\x64 and confirmed that this is on the path.
>>
>> 3)      Read every help manual I can find, but I can't seem to locate the
>> answer to this problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> Other information:
>>
>> R version 2.13.2 (2011-09-30)
>>
>> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>
>>
>>
>> My windows version: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit OS.
>>
>
> There is a batch command Rcmd.bat at http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
> that when run will find R using the registry and then run the
> appropriate Rcmd.exe so that you don't need to change your path or any
> other environment variable.
>
> Its a self contained .bat file so just place it anywhere on your
> existing path.  At the Windows console this command will show you your
> path:  path
>
> Now try
>
> Rcmd.bat build ...whatever...
>
> If your path is not already set to find Rcmd.exe then Rcmd.bat can be
> abbreviated to just Rcmd in the above line.


I wonder again and again why you try to obfuscate things by your layer 
of non portable batchfiles. Typing the path correctly and according to 
the syntax is required in both cases anyway.

Best,
Uwe