FWIW you cannot assume that java will be on the PATH - especially on Windows it
typically is not. That?s why rJava uses registry on Windows to find the Java
location. For other platforms there is
R CMD config JAVA
Cheers,
Simon
> On Nov 10, 2019, at 3:26 PM, Dennis Fisher <fisher at plessthan.com>
wrote:
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> Abby
>
> I assume that your OS in Windows ? shell is Windows only. Fortunately, it
appears that the changing ?shell? to ?system? works in OS X.
> So, now I have a solution for both OSs.
>
> This issue was a prelude to a larger issue that I will address in a
separate email.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.
>
> Dennis
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>> On Nov 10, 2019, at 11:49 AM, Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> shell ("Java -version 2>&1", intern=TRUE)
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