I installed a new version of R but rstudio still uses the old version. The command "which R" is just a shell script and I'm not sure how to get rstudio and the new version of R integrated. R base installed in /usr/share/doc.
Any tips?
Thanks,
Bob
See the RStudio support pages. In particular, for Linux, you have to set the RSTUDIO_WHICH_R environment variable.
As found out in the comments, you're on a Linux system, specifically Linux Mint 17. I can see three basic scenarios here:
You want to ensure RStudio uses a specific version of R when you are launching RStudio from the terminal as a one-time event.
You want to ensure RStudio uses a specific version of R every time you launch RStudio from the terminal.
You want RStudio to use a specific version of R when you launch RStudio from the applications menu (or, equivalently, via something like Synapse).
They are dealt with in turn below. I assume throughout that the path to the R binary you want RStudio to use is /opt/R/3.1.0/bin/R, which you should change as appropriate.
One-time Terminal Launch
After opening a terminal via Ctrl-Alt-T, run
export RSTUDIO_WHICH_R=/opt/R/3.1.0/bin/R
Then, anytime you launch RStudio from the terminal via the rstudio command in that terminal session, it will use the specified R version. However, after you exit, the next time you open the terminal, it will no longer respect that choice.
Every Terminal Launch
Use your favorite text editor to edit the file ~/.bashrc. At the end, on a new line, add
export RSTUDIO_WHICH_R=/opt/R/3.1.0/bin/R
Then, either launch the terminal, or if you already have it open run the command source .bashrc. Then, you can launch RStudio via the command rstudio and it will use the version of R you want.
Launching from the Applications Menu
Use your favorite text editor to edit the file ~/.profile. At the end, on a new line, add
export RSTUDIO_WHICH_R=/opt/R/3.1.0/bin/R
Then you need to log out of your system and log back in. After that, anytime you launch RStudio from the application menu, it will use the specified R version.
Related
When I double click an R script (.R file) in order to open and edit it, nothing happens.
I expect it to open it in either R or RStudio but it doesn't.
I found a similar (old) question (Opening a .R file via a double click (Windows)) but the solution doesn't work for me.
I have tried:
- right-clicking and explicitly telling it to open it with RStudio
- set it as the default program to associate with this file type
- drag the script into RStudio
Anyone any idea whether it is Windows or R(Studio) related?
Running:
Windows 10 Pro
R version 3.6.1
RStudio version 1.2.1335
As the first comment suggest, it is likely a problem occuring while installing R or Rstudio. This would most likely be fixed by reinstalling Rstudio. If it doesnt i'd suggest checking out this Rstudio question.
Basically, you can manually create using the command prompt (start -> "cmd" -> enter), using
assoc .R=rfile
Ftype rfile="C:\Program Files\RStudio\bin\rstudio.exe" %1
changing the rstudio directory to the correct directory for your computer.
A less command-prompty solution might be available by following the steps described in this guide. However i did not test the latter approach.
I included the line
setwd("~/my project base dir")
within .Rprofile, but this has no effect on the file selector after I hit the top-right menu "Projects" to either open or create a new project.
I am running R 3.4.4, RStudio 1.1.442 on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Using setwd() is sending a command to R, not RStudio, so I wouldn't expect that to have any effect. R is run as a separate process by RStudio.
I haven't checked the source code, but it looks like RStudio always starts looking for an existing directory in the current project directory if you already have a project open, or your home directory if not. If you want to create a new directory, it seems to offer first to create it in the same place as it did last time.
I don't think there's any RStudio API command to change any of this. But how often to you need to create new projects, anyway?
I was using my own laptop to install R and I found that it only has one library. Evne though this library is still read only, everytime when I use Rstudio: install.packages("abc"), I can see that the new packages are stored automatically into that read only library folder.
In my office's desktop, I "believe" I also have administrator role, as I can install and remove anything (by far). I download the latest version of R and I right click the R-3.4.1-win.exe, there is an item "run as administrator", then it is installed in my desktop. However, when I use R studio to install new packages as in my laptop, it always automatically create a personal folder to store the new packages. I don't know why. Is that a way to only have one folder for library? I also tried on the desktop in the plain R mode (without using Rstudio). When I want to install new packages, it always says
Warning in install.packages("devtools") :
'lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.1/library"' is not writable
And there is a window pops up to ask me "would you like to create a personal folder?" And if I say no, then
Error in install.packages("devtools") : unable to install packages.
Is there a ways to solve this problem? To just maintain one folder for library
What version of Windows are you using? You should be able to right-click on the Rstudio.exe icon, click Properties, and select an option to always run Rstudio as administrator. Be sure you use that same icon whenever you want to open Rstudio.
Incase of Mac, go to Applications, then right click on RStudio and
Select "Show Package Contents"
Go to Contents/MacOS
Now open terminal(in bash mode). Type sudo and drag the RStudio.exec into terminal and press on ENTER
Now RStudio will have admin access!
For completeness, I think there should be an Ubuntu answer to go along with the Microsoft and Apple answers. (Note:I'm using 18.06, and not 20.x.)
What doesn't work:
On my Ubuntu/Linux system, when Rstudio is installed the call start RStudio from a terminal looks something like the following:
(base) username#sysname:~$ rstudio
It starts, but has the permissions of the user, and can have access errors.
What gives admin power:
To give it better permissions, you can use sudo.
(base) username#sysname:~$ sudo rstudio
[sudo] password for username: <enter password here>
It starts in a different user location, but has more power. After it is installed you can run it the regular way and the packages are still installed.
Extra credit:
Here are some (currently) relevant links for RStudio on Ubuntu:
https://linuxhint.com/rstudio-for-ubuntu/
https://www.r-bloggers.com/2013/03/download-and-install-r-in-ubuntu/
What is the command to invoke RStudio from Command Line in linux environment?
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~gulzar/rstudio/index.html
My Rstudio (on linux) runs R version 3.3.0 and I don't have a clue what's directing it to do so. I'm using a VM, where my .bashrc file loads R 3.3.1 where I also set the RSTUDIO_WHICH_R env' variable to R 3.3.1 using:
export RSTUDIO_WHICH_R=`which R`
I've also set these two in the .bashrc file of root, but that neither prevents Rstudio from using 3.3.0.
Any idea how to force Rstudio to use the R version I want?
Your solution is almost as it appears in this documentation, but I worry that the shell command expansion doesn't apply when being exported. To find out, what does echo $RSTUDIO_WHICH_R return? (tested, works fine).
Perhaps try executing which R and using that full path as the exported variable.
Update: From that documentation,
Not that in order for RStudio to see this environment variable when launched from the Ubuntu desktop Applications menu (as opposed to from a terminal) it must be defined in the ~/.profile file.
What do I do when I get the following error message in Eclipse when trying to launch R?
"no session of R is active in the current workbench window"
I've made a tutorial for installing StatET on my Win64 system, you can find it here (mirror). Although it's no rocket science it's easy to get into issues along the way.
You need to first configure R for your system and then you also need to go into Run > Run Configurations... and add a R Console before you can run it.
You also need to be careful about the Java version that you use. I had to uninstall all my Java, then reinstall the 64-bit before it worked. I guess I could've used the 32-bit, but since I use 64-bit R I thought that it might be a better option (although I think the Eclipse environment and R don't really care about sharing bits)
for me had to select rterm, that displayed the r console/terminal. Then do run , run as -> run in R as script via source
I had the sampe problem.
go to Run > Run Configurations > RStudio
and klick on "Run"