On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:13:00AM -0800, Leila Lackey wrote: > This is a follow-up to a post from 2007: > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2007-April/129009.html > > Summary of the Problem: > > Packages are correctly installed and can be loaded when R is opened > interactively or using a R script. However, a bash scripts produces an > error similar to the following: > > #!/bin/bash > ... > R --no-save <<EOF > ... > library(package) > Error in library(package) : there is no package called 'package' > Execution halted > > > At least two workable solutions exist but appear to apply in different > circumstances. > > Solution found for the original post: > > Multiple versions of R; > R (old): system wide > R (new): on my user side only > > When I started R in the command prompt it was calling the R (new) version > because of my .bashrc config. When I was scripting, I was opening a bash > that was by passing some of my config file, thus I was running R (old), > where scatterplot3d was NOT installed. > > To solve that I had to make sure I installed only one version of R system > wide and then I had to install the package only once and could use it from > any origin.
In a bash script, it is also possible to run R using a full path to its "R-version/bin/R". This path may possibly include $HOME, which should be the same in a bash script and in an interactive bash. In this case, the $PATH variable, which may differ, is not used. > To know if you have the same version problem you can save your output of R, > from command and in a script, and look at the version number to see if they > differ. In a situation, when the same version is installed in different directories, they may be distinguished by printing the variable .Library which prints the directory, where R is installed, with an additional "/library". Petr Savicky. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
