[R-SIG-Mac] system() not always working

[Simon Urbanek]

Mollie,

.*profile are only used by login shells, not by R or R.app. Please use R startup files to set any settings you require - see also Mac FAQ 10.13.

Cheers,
Simon


On Jun 28, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Mollie Brooks <mollieebrooks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi R-sig-mac,
> 
> I’m trying to use R2admb in R.app (extension usually hidden). I’ve narrowed down the problem to the fact that the command 
> system("admb") returns an error.
>> system("admb")
> /bin/sh: admb: command not found
> 
> Other system commands seem to work
>> system("texi2dvi")
> /usr/bin/texi2dvi: Missing file arguments.
> /usr/bin/texi2dvi: Try `--help' for more information.
>> system("gcc")
> clang: error: no input files
> 
> If I open R from a terminal and do the same thing, it works. 
> If I simply try admb in a terminal, it works too. 
> My .bash_profile has these lines  
> ADMB_HOME=/Applications/ADMBTerminal.app/admb 
> export PATH="/Applications/ADMBTerminal.app/admb/bin":${PATH} 
> And the terminal starts with the bash command, so that it knows this information.
> Does R.app miss this step?
> 
> Can I fix R.app?
> 
> I’m using R 3.1.0 and have xcode 5.1 installed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mollie
> 
> ------------------------
> Mollie Brooks, PhD
> Postdoctoral Researcher, Population Ecology Research Group http://www.popecol.org
> Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Environmental Studies, University of Zürich
> 
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