[R-SIG-Mac] sh: convert: command not found

Simon Urbanek simon.urbanek at r-project.org
Fri Oct 24 07:40:08 CEST 2014


On Oct 24, 2014, at 1:10 AM, Marc Girondot <marc_grt at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Look at here:
> http://max2.ese.u-psud.fr/epc/conservation/Girondot/Publications/Blog_r/Entrees/2014/7/6_Using_system()_in_MacOSX.html
> 
> I think it is the solution.
> 

Nope - that only applies for systems before Yosemite (and the former is in the FAQ - no need to quote a random blog ;)).

Cheers,
S


> Sincerely,
> 
> Marc
> 
> Le 24/10/2014 06:22, Emma Sherratt a écrit :
>> Dear Mac R community,
>> 
>> I wonder if anyone else has come across this issue. After installing the
>> new Mac OS10.10 Yosemite, I am now having a strange problem.
>> 
>> I'm trying to use movie3d and run similar functions based on this I have
>> written myself.
>> 
>> Specifically, when I run
>> 
>>> system("convert --version")
>> sh: convert: command not found
>> 
>> yet, it is not a path issue.
>>> Sys.getenv("PATH")
>> [1]
>> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:
>> */opt/ImageMagick/bin*:/usr/texbin"
>> 
>> This shows clearly that the imagemagick path is listed  (and so isn't the
>> same as the problem in this previous discussion:
>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/convert-command-not-found-in-movie3d-rgl-package-in-Mac-OS-X-td4320734.html
>> )
>> 
>> Also, in Terminal,
>> 
>> echo $PATH
>> 
>> /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:
>> */opt/ImageMagick/bin*:/usr/texbin
>> 
>> The only way I have been able to get it to work is:
>> 
>> system("/opt/ImageMagick/bin/convert --version")
>> 
>> [1] "Version: ImageMagick 6.8.9-8 Q16 x86_64 2014-10-08
>> http://www.imagemagick.org"
>> 
>> [2] "Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC"
>> 
>> 
>> [3] "Features: DPC OpenCL"
>> 
>> 
>> [4] "Delegates: bzlib fftw jng jpeg lcms lzma png tiff webp xml zlib"
>> 
>> 
>> [5] ""
>> 
>> 
>> However, this workaround does not work for me using movie3d{rgl}
>> 
>> Any ideas most appreciated
>> 
>> 
>> Emma
>> 
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