Greetings, CRAN supporter. I am Itamar Jos?, a Brazilian programmer and
biotechnology student.
I'm using R from some time ago, most of the time working with it in Windows
7, but since I changed to Windows 10, I'm having some bugs when R platform
particularly in this new operational system. If there's not problem, I
would like some help from you for what I can do about this issue.
I have asked about this problem in StarkOverflow, but no resolution was
suggested until now. As I said there, I'm working with a software project
that requires the portable version of R platform and my intention is to use
R in any version of Windows and in any compatible computer. I'm copying
here my answer, as shown below:
*From
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white>]Problem:*
In Windows 7, R works fine without any worries, even in portable version.
However, in Windows 10 (and probably also in Windows 8), R does not start
when put the entire folder inside a directory containing whitespaces (ex.:
"C:/Users/Main/Documents/My Folder/RVersion").
In Windows 10, with the absence of spaces, R runs fine. In the presence of
spaces, all executable (Rscript.exe, R.exe, etc) except Rgui.exe just open
a console and closes instantly. The problem is: I really need that R works
in any folder (this is a important part of the project).
*Additional information:*
-
I found that R does not work well in directories without the 8dot3
format - and it think that Windows 10 lost this property, which was present
in Windows 7. Also, the problem is clear when I run Rgui.exe in a
whitespace-containing directory and try to run system("R.exe",
intern=TRUE)
function: It throws an error indicating that only the part before the first
space in directory name was taken into account. Here is the message:
> system("R.exe", intern=TRUE)
[1] "'C:\\Users\\Main\\DOCUME~1\\My' n?o ? reconhecido como um
comando
interno" [2] "ou externo, um programa oper vel ou um arquivo em
lotes."
attr(,"status") [1] 1 Warning message: running command
'R.exe' had status 1
*Translation of messages [1] and [2]: "'C:\...\My'" not
recognized as a
internal or external command, nor a program operation or dataset*
-
The same occurs with non-portable version of R, as I already tested.
-
When I run with a .bat file with the corrected (quoted) directory as
input, R.exe runs, but in a disfunctional form and looking like cmd.exe (no
R command worked).
-
I have no ideia how to change variables such as R_HOME to a readable
version before R prompt starts.
*System/Resources:*
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit with the last update.
- Dell Notebook with Intel i7-5500U 2.40 GHz (not so relevant, I think)
- R and R portable 3.3 (last version until this post), downloaded here: [
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/]
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/%5D>
I believe that, with the popularity of Windows 10, many other users could
face this problem (specially those who depend of R portability). Because no
answers were made, and since it remains as a little known issue, I think
the CRAN support is the only one that knows, most than everyone, how to
reach the resolution.
Thanks in advance!
--
"I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and
original observation." - Charles Darwin
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I'm not on Windows and cannot help directly. But you might consider downloading Rstudio ( https://www.rstudio.com/ ) and running R through that. Their website should contain the info you need to get things up and running. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Itamar Jos? G. Nunes <nunesijg at gmail.com> wrote:> Greetings, CRAN supporter. I am Itamar Jos?, a Brazilian programmer and > biotechnology student. > I'm using R from some time ago, most of the time working with it in Windows > 7, but since I changed to Windows 10, I'm having some bugs when R platform > particularly in this new operational system. If there's not problem, I > would like some help from you for what I can do about this issue. > I have asked about this problem in StarkOverflow, but no resolution was > suggested until now. As I said there, I'm working with a software project > that requires the portable version of R platform and my intention is to use > R in any version of Windows and in any compatible computer. I'm copying > here my answer, as shown below: > > > > *From > [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white>]Problem:* > In Windows 7, R works fine without any worries, even in portable version. > However, in Windows 10 (and probably also in Windows 8), R does not start > when put the entire folder inside a directory containing whitespaces (ex.: > "C:/Users/Main/Documents/My Folder/RVersion"). > > In Windows 10, with the absence of spaces, R runs fine. In the presence of > spaces, all executable (Rscript.exe, R.exe, etc) except Rgui.exe just open > a console and closes instantly. The problem is: I really need that R works > in any folder (this is a important part of the project). > > *Additional information:* > > - > > I found that R does not work well in directories without the 8dot3 > format - and it think that Windows 10 lost this property, which was present > in Windows 7. Also, the problem is clear when I run Rgui.exe in a > whitespace-containing directory and try to run system("R.exe", intern=TRUE) > function: It throws an error indicating that only the part before the first > space in directory name was taken into account. Here is the message: > > > system("R.exe", intern=TRUE) > > [1] "'C:\\Users\\Main\\DOCUME~1\\My' n?o ? reconhecido como um comando > interno" [2] "ou externo, um programa oper vel ou um arquivo em lotes." > attr(,"status") [1] 1 Warning message: running command 'R.exe' had status 1 > > *Translation of messages [1] and [2]: "'C:\...\My'" not recognized as a > internal or external command, nor a program operation or dataset* > > - > > The same occurs with non-portable version of R, as I already tested. > - > > When I run with a .bat file with the corrected (quoted) directory as > input, R.exe runs, but in a disfunctional form and looking like cmd.exe (no > R command worked). > - > > I have no ideia how to change variables such as R_HOME to a readable > version before R prompt starts. > > *System/Resources:* > > - Windows 10 Home 64-bit with the last update. > - Dell Notebook with Intel i7-5500U 2.40 GHz (not so relevant, I think) > - R and R portable 3.3 (last version until this post), downloaded here: [ > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/] > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/%5D> > > > I believe that, with the popularity of Windows 10, many other users could > face this problem (specially those who depend of R portability). Because no > answers were made, and since it remains as a little known issue, I think > the CRAN support is the only one that knows, most than everyone, how to > reach the resolution. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > "I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and > original observation." - Charles Darwin > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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.
I have cc'ed this to r-help. As I said, I am not on Windows and so cannot help directly. -- Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Itamar Jos? G. Nunes <nunesijg at gmail.com> wrote:> Hello, Bert Gunter. Firstly, thanks for the response. > As you recommended, I tried to check if RStudio could run a R version inside > a whitespace-containing directory. In fact, it takes effect, and this > problem appears to not affect RStudio. > However, I don't have any idea of how it worked. The application that I'm > developing also cannot depend on RStudio, since it requires a portable > version of R. The resolution can be something trivial, such as a correction > of the commas when the inner machinery of R calls the base libraries or > something like that (the Batch language in Windows has such mistakes when > running, and putting commas can solve it). Or else it can be nothing > trivial, such as error that can compromise the executable. If you don't > matter to ask, is there something that I can do about it? Like a correction > in some part of the code. > > Cheers, > Itamar Jos? > > 2016-08-14 18:14 GMT-03:00 Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com>: >> >> I'm not on Windows and cannot help directly. But you might consider >> downloading Rstudio ( https://www.rstudio.com/ ) and running R through >> that. Their website should contain the info you need to get things up >> and running. >> >> Cheers, >> Bert >> >> >> Bert Gunter >> >> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >> and sticking things into it." >> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Itamar Jos? G. Nunes >> <nunesijg at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Greetings, CRAN supporter. I am Itamar Jos?, a Brazilian programmer and >> > biotechnology student. >> > I'm using R from some time ago, most of the time working with it in >> > Windows >> > 7, but since I changed to Windows 10, I'm having some bugs when R >> > platform >> > particularly in this new operational system. If there's not problem, I >> > would like some help from you for what I can do about this issue. >> > I have asked about this problem in StarkOverflow, but no resolution was >> > suggested until now. As I said there, I'm working with a software >> > project >> > that requires the portable version of R platform and my intention is to >> > use >> > R in any version of Windows and in any compatible computer. I'm copying >> > here my answer, as shown below: >> > >> > >> > >> > *From >> > >> > [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white >> > >> > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white>]Problem:* >> > In Windows 7, R works fine without any worries, even in portable >> > version. >> > However, in Windows 10 (and probably also in Windows 8), R does not >> > start >> > when put the entire folder inside a directory containing whitespaces >> > (ex.: >> > "C:/Users/Main/Documents/My Folder/RVersion"). >> > >> > In Windows 10, with the absence of spaces, R runs fine. In the presence >> > of >> > spaces, all executable (Rscript.exe, R.exe, etc) except Rgui.exe just >> > open >> > a console and closes instantly. The problem is: I really need that R >> > works >> > in any folder (this is a important part of the project). >> > >> > *Additional information:* >> > >> > - >> > >> > I found that R does not work well in directories without the 8dot3 >> > format - and it think that Windows 10 lost this property, which was >> > present >> > in Windows 7. Also, the problem is clear when I run Rgui.exe in a >> > whitespace-containing directory and try to run system("R.exe", >> > intern=TRUE) >> > function: It throws an error indicating that only the part before the >> > first >> > space in directory name was taken into account. Here is the message: >> > >> > > system("R.exe", intern=TRUE) >> > >> > [1] "'C:\\Users\\Main\\DOCUME~1\\My' n?o ? reconhecido como um >> > comando >> > interno" [2] "ou externo, um programa oper vel ou um arquivo em >> > lotes." >> > attr(,"status") [1] 1 Warning message: running command 'R.exe' had >> > status 1 >> > >> > *Translation of messages [1] and [2]: "'C:\...\My'" not recognized as a >> > internal or external command, nor a program operation or dataset* >> > >> > - >> > >> > The same occurs with non-portable version of R, as I already tested. >> > - >> > >> > When I run with a .bat file with the corrected (quoted) directory as >> > input, R.exe runs, but in a disfunctional form and looking like >> > cmd.exe (no >> > R command worked). >> > - >> > >> > I have no ideia how to change variables such as R_HOME to a readable >> > version before R prompt starts. >> > >> > *System/Resources:* >> > >> > - Windows 10 Home 64-bit with the last update. >> > - Dell Notebook with Intel i7-5500U 2.40 GHz (not so relevant, I >> > think) >> > - R and R portable 3.3 (last version until this post), downloaded >> > here: [ >> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/] >> > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/%5D> >> > >> > >> > I believe that, with the popularity of Windows 10, many other users >> > could >> > face this problem (specially those who depend of R portability). Because >> > no >> > answers were made, and since it remains as a little known issue, I think >> > the CRAN support is the only one that knows, most than everyone, how to >> > reach the resolution. >> > >> > Thanks in advance! >> > >> > -- >> > "I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and >> > original observation." - Charles Darwin >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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. > > > > > -- > "I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and original > observation." - Charles Darwin
On 8/14/2016 12:57 PM, Itamar Jos? G. Nunes wrote:> Greetings, CRAN supporter. I am Itamar Jos?, a Brazilian programmer and > biotechnology student. > I'm using R from some time ago, most of the time working with it in Windows > 7, but since I changed to Windows 10, I'm having some bugs when R platform > particularly in this new operational system. If there's not problem, I > would like some help from you for what I can do about this issue. > I have asked about this problem in StarkOverflow, but no resolution was > suggested until now. As I said there, I'm working with a software project > that requires the portable version of R platform and my intention is to use > R in any version of Windows and in any compatible computer. I'm copying > here my answer, as shown below: > > > > *From > [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37173431/r-platform-failed-to-start-in-windows-10-when-inside-directory-containing-white>]Problem:* > In Windows 7, R works fine without any worries, even in portable version. > However, in Windows 10 (and probably also in Windows 8), R does not start > when put the entire folder inside a directory containing whitespaces (ex.: > "C:/Users/Main/Documents/My Folder/RVersion"). > > In Windows 10, with the absence of spaces, R runs fine. In the presence of > spaces, all executable (Rscript.exe, R.exe, etc) except Rgui.exe just open > a console and closes instantly. The problem is: I really need that R works > in any folder (this is a important part of the project). > > *Additional information:* > > - > > I found that R does not work well in directories without the 8dot3 > format - and it think that Windows 10 lost this property, which was present > in Windows 7. Also, the problem is clear when I run Rgui.exe in a > whitespace-containing directory and try to run system("R.exe", intern=TRUE) > function: It throws an error indicating that only the part before the first > space in directory name was taken into account. Here is the message: > > > system("R.exe", intern=TRUE) > > [1] "'C:\\Users\\Main\\DOCUME~1\\My' n?o ? reconhecido como um comando > interno" [2] "ou externo, um programa oper vel ou um arquivo em lotes." > attr(,"status") [1] 1 Warning message: running command 'R.exe' had status 1 > > *Translation of messages [1] and [2]: "'C:\...\My'" not recognized as a > internal or external command, nor a program operation or dataset* > > - > > The same occurs with non-portable version of R, as I already tested. > - > > When I run with a .bat file with the corrected (quoted) directory as > input, R.exe runs, but in a disfunctional form and looking like cmd.exe (no > R command worked). > - > > I have no ideia how to change variables such as R_HOME to a readable > version before R prompt starts. > > *System/Resources:* > > - Windows 10 Home 64-bit with the last update. > - Dell Notebook with Intel i7-5500U 2.40 GHz (not so relevant, I think) > - R and R portable 3.3 (last version until this post), downloaded here: [ > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/] > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/%5D> > > > I believe that, with the popularity of Windows 10, many other users could > face this problem (specially those who depend of R portability). Because no > answers were made, and since it remains as a little known issue, I think > the CRAN support is the only one that knows, most than everyone, how to > reach the resolution. > > Thanks in advance! >For this problem, you need to give the EXACT commands you use to start R and run your scripts. In other words, give us a reproducible example, so that if we run your example we will see the same failure that you see. Now in the absence of the reproducible exampole, I did notice one problem in the example you did give of a directory with spaces. It looks like you were using single quotes (') around the path/filename. Windows requires that there be double quotes (") around any path/filename that contains spaces. If you provide a reproducible example, then you may get more detailed help. Dan -- Daniel Nordlund Port Townsend, WA USA