Say I have a basic r script:
require(gWidgets2RGtk2)
w<-gbasicdialog("Stage 1.5")
visible(w)
I save it, and attempt to run it with command prompt using a batch file that looks like this:
#echo
"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.2\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\Users\Me\Desktop\test\test.r"
PAUSE
When I attempt to run this script, I get this error after all the packages are loaded:
Error in UseMethod(".gbasicdialog") :
no applicable method for '.gbasicdialog'applied to an object of class "NULL"
Calls: gbasicdialog -> .gbasicdialog
Execution halted
Can anyone see if I am doing anything wrong?
Change the script to this:
options(guiToolkit="RGtk2")
library(gWidgets2)
w <- gbasicdialog("Stage 1.5")
visible(w)
Also I assume you meant #echo off as the first line in the batch file. The PAUSE statement could be omitted.
Related
I have a '.js' script that I usually activate from the terminal using the command node script.js. As this is part of a process where I first do some data analysis in R, I want to avoid the manual step of opening the terminal and typing the command by simply having R do it for me. My goal would be something like this:
...R analysis
write.csv(df, "data.csv")
system('node script.js')
However, when I use that specific code, I get the error:
sh: 1: node: not found
Warning message:
In system("node script.js") : error in running command
Of course, the same command runs without problem if I type it directly on the terminal.
About my Software
I am using:
Linux computer with the PopOS!
RStudio 2021.09.1+372 "Ghost Orchid"
R version 4.0.4.
The error message node: not found indicates that it couldn't find the program node. It's likely in PATH in your terminal's shell, but not in system()'s shell (sh).
In your terminal, locate node by executing which node. This will show the full path to the executable. Use that full path in system() instead.
Alternatively, run echo $PATH in your terminal, and run system('echo $PATH') or Sys.getenv('PATH') in R. Add any missing directories to R's path with Sys.setenv(PATH = <your new path string>)
Note that system2() is recommended over system() nowadays - but for reasons unimportant for your case. See ?system and ?system2 for a comparison.
Examples
Terminal
$ which node
/usr/bin/node
R
system('/usr/bin/node script.js')
# alternatively:
system2('/usr/bin/node', c('script.js'))
or adapt your PATH permanently:
Terminal
% echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/home/caspar/programs:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin
R
> Sys.getenv('PATH')
[1] "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/postback"
> Sys.setenv(PATH = "/home/caspar/programs:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/postback")
I am trying to execute a python script from within R, with the following command:
system("python ~/speedtest-cli/speedtest-cli --simple")
The error I get is:
python: can't open file '/home/speedtest-cli/speedtest-cli': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
The same command works just fine on the terminal. Am I using the command wrong? Any help is appreciated.
Sorry for a basic question. I'm trying run a R script called cuffdiff_gtf_attributes (please find it at enter link description here in R 3.3.1 installed on the Windows 7. The script is started with the below line:
#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
When I type cuffdiff_gtf_attributes in R, it says Error: object 'cuffdiff_gtf_attributes' not found. Also, I tried Rscript cuffdiff_gtf_attributes that returned me: Error: unexpected symbol in "Rscript cuffdiff_gtf_attributes".
Moreover, I tried source('cuffdiff_gtf_attributes.R')that seems to work and returned the usage of the script as bellow
Error:
usage: cuffdiff_gtf_attributes --input=<inputGTF> [--output=outputGTF] | --help
But, when I add the arguments as source('cuffdiff_gtf_attributes.R') --input=file.gtf, it says that: Error: object 'file.gtf' not found. I also tried this command as source('cuffdiff_gtf_attributes.R') --input file.gtf, it says that Error: unexpected symbol in "source('cuffdiff_gtf_attributes.R') --input file.gtf"
Sorry, I couldn't post a sample GTF file, you can find a short sample of it at enter link description here
Everything is the current path. Could you please help me out to execute the script?
Thanks in advance
This is a script file. You should run using Rscript instead for Rgui.exe. From a command prompt, navigate to the directory where file.gtf is and run:
"%Programfiles%\R\R-3.3.3\bin\Rscript" cuffdiff_gtf_attributes.R --input=file.gtf
I wanted to run this example script: http://mazamascience.com/WorkingWithData/?p=912 from Windows command line. So I opened the command line and typed Rscript tryCatch.R 1. However, I keep getting the error message Error: R not found. I did set the PATH environment variable as C:\Programme\R\R-3.0.1\bin. If I just type R.exe, it does start R, but it cannot find the packages that are to be loaded at start (e.g. package 'utils' in options<"defaultPackages"> was not found). I guess I have to set another path to the libraries somewhere, but I haven't got any idea where to do this.
UPDATE: After explicitly typing PATH C:\Programme\R\R-3.0.1\bin (rather than just adding this to the value of the environment variable PATH) it seems that R is found. However, a new problem occurs: In normalizePath<path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork>: path[2] = "C:/Programme/R/R-3.0.1/library": Access denied, the same than for the methods library. Then: Calls: .First ... library -> .getRequiredPackages2 -> library -> normalizePath Execution stopped. I'm using Windows 7 and I do have administrator rights.
Rscript is very handy (R CMD BATCH is the old way to ) specially under windows, But generally under I create a batch file to avoid all path's headache.
For example say launcher.bat:
#echo off
C:
PATH C:\Programme\R\R-3.0.1\bin;%path%
cd PATH_TO_YOUR_RSCRIPT
Rscript tryCatch.R 1
pause
And open a console(using cmd) , go where you have stored your launcher.bat and launch it. Or from the R cosnole using shell:
shell('path_to_launcher\launcher.bat')
I've found out that it was a language-specific problem on Windows 7, similar to what is described here: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2011-May/276932.html
After changing PATH to C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.1\bin the script is properly executed from the command prompt.
Thanks to everyone who tried to help!
I ran into this problem under windows 7, apparently, when setting environment variables>user variables the path is not added into the PATH, so the user must add this path in system variables > PATH
at the end just add the path to your .EXE files and voila.
After seven hours of googling and rereading through somewhat similar questions, and then lots of trial and error, I'm now comfortable asking for some guidance.
To simplify my actual task, I created a very basic R script (named test_script):
x <- c(1,2,3,4,5)
avg <- mean(x)
write.csv(avg, file = "output.csv")
This works as expected.
I'm new to python and I'm just trying to figure out how to execute the R script so that the same .csv file is created.
Notable results come from:
subprocess.call(["C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/bin/R", 'C:/Users/matt/Desktop/test_script.R'])
This opens a cmd window with the typical R start-up verbiage, except there is a message which reads, "ARGUMENT 'C:/Users/matt/Desktop/test_script.R' __ ignored __"
And:
subprocess.call(['C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/bin/Rscript', 'C:/Users/matt/Desktop/test_script.r'])
This flashes a cmd window and returns a 0, but no .csv file is created.
Otherwise, I've tried every suggestion I could identify on this site or any other. Any insight will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and efforts.
Running R --help at the command prompt prints:
Usage: R [options] [< infile] [> outfile]
or: R CMD command [arguments]
Start R, a system for statistical computation and graphics, with the
specified options, or invoke an R tool via the 'R CMD' interface.
Options:
-h, --help Print short help message and exit
--version Print version info and exit
...
-f FILE, --file=FILE Take input from 'FILE'
-e EXPR Execute 'EXPR' and exit
FILE may contain spaces but not shell metacharacers.
Commands:
BATCH Run R in batch mode
COMPILE Compile files for use with R
...
Try
call(["C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/bin/R", '-f', 'C:/Users/matt/Desktop/test_script.R'])
There are also some other command-line arguments you can pass to R that may be helpful. Run R --help to see the full list.
It might be too late, but hope it helps for others:
Just add --vanilla in the call list.
subprocess.call(['C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/bin/Rscript', '--vanilla', 'C:/Users/matt/Desktop/test_script.r'])