Henri Tourneur wrote:
A couple of months ago I downloaded R 1.6.0's binary for Windows, which I have since been using without any particular problem, that is on one machine running Windows 98.We are running R completely from a server (all machines, both server and clients, are NT-based, i.e. WinNT, WinXP), and it works without any problems.
Last week I set up a local network and have since tried to use R remotely, i.e. R is installed on the previous machine and nowhere else. On the client's side, the GUI opens correctly and allows me to do simple computations such as x<-1:20
y<-1:20
plot(x,y)
So far, so good. Problem is with packages which I don't seem to be able to access on the server (locally, I repeat, this works fine)
i.e. when I try library()
I get
no packages found
Warning message: libraries `//ServerComputer/c/Program Files/R/rw1060/library', `//SERVERCOMPUTER/C/PROGRA~1/R/RW1060/library' contain no packages in: library()
Does that ring any bell to one of you ? Am I trying to do something R was never designed to do in the first place ?
But you should consider the following points:
- Use a sensible network share (i.e. regularly it's not a good idea to share the whole drive).
- Don't use any blanks in the paths. (e.g., we have installed R at the following UNC path: "\\server\software\R")
- Assign a drive letter to the UNC path at the client side, e.g. with a startup script that includes the line:
net use s: \\server\software
So you can create a shortcut that starts R at the following location: s:\R\bin\RGui.exe
Uwe Ligges
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