[R-SIG-Mac] Error exec program in 64 bit R from terminal

[Simon Urbanek]

Matthew,

On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Matthew Pittinsky wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> My apologies in advance if this has been asked and answered, but I can't seem to find the information I need.
> 
> I am trying to run an R program from the terminal.  As a trivial example, I run  R --arch=x86_64 CMD BATCH /Users/mpittinsky/Desktop/test.r /Users/mpittinsky/Desktop/testoutput.txt, where the test.r program is the loading of a library (just to debug).  The library in question loads when I run the command from R64 console.  (The "real" program involves a  set of data cleaning and analysis functions).
> 
> I receive the errors:
> 
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R: line 231: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/x86_64/R: No such file or directory
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R: line 231: exec: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/x86_64/R: cannot execute: No such file or directory
> 
> These directories do not, indeed, exist.  Only an i386 directory does and the above program works fine when the arch specified is i386. 
> 

The you have only 32-bit R (Tiger build). If you want  64-bit you have to download the Leopard build (R-2.10.1.pkg form CRAN)(.


> I installed R using the latest version at http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/, so I am on 2.10.0.  I am running Mac OS 10.6.2.  


There are two (Tiger and Leopard) and you use the wrong one (for what you want) - it's worth actually reading that page before you download it.

Cheers,
Simon


> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> Matthew 
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