I'm using XP, but I tested an earlier version on Vista. It looks like the launcher is having some trouble finding your installation. I don't have much to do with the launcher, so I've forwarded your message to an appropriate list. I'll see if I can test on a vista machine some time today.
Ian -----Original Message----- From: Gabor Grothendieck [mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:42 AM To: Fellows, Ian Cc: r-sig-gui@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R-gui] Seeking comments/testers for a new GUI Just a correction. The version of JGR I was using is 1.7.0. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Gabor Grothendieck<ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > What version of Windows and JGR did you try? I haven't been able > to get JGR to work on Windows Vista with R 2.9 and JGR 1.6.7 or > JGR 1.6.6 (the prior version of JGR). > > When I run jgr.exe it seems to install something the first time and > on subsequent calls to jgr.exe without arguments it tries to install > it again but fails. > > Since calling it without args fails, I tried this as well as numerous > variations of arguments as well as using or not using > R_LIBS, R_LIBS_USER, etc. e.g. > > setlocal > set R_LIBS_USER=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\R\win-library\2.9 > set R_HOME=C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-29~1.X > jgr.exe --libpath=%R_LIBS_USER% --rhome=%R_HOME% > endlocal > > but in all cases JGR opens and then immediately closes. > > With the prior version of JGR, 1.6.6, the above hung and I had to kill it with > task manager. Also with the prior version of task manager if I removed > the R_LIBS_USER line then it would open but give a huge number of > errors and the user library would not be on .libPaths(). > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Ian Fellows<ifell...@ucsd.edu> wrote: >> >> I haven't tested with Linux, only windows and os x. Swing is supposed to be >> cross platform, but some times these things don't work quite as planned. >> >> I just installed fresh on a windows machine from CRAN which worked okay but >> I did notice one potential problem. The JGR launcher will download the >> newest dev version of JGR (1.7) if no version is currently present. So, >> there is an additional step of opening the native R console and entering >> install.packages("JGR"). >> >> This is not the problem on your system, as you are running 1.6-7. I'll have >> to find a linux machine and do some testing to figure out what is going on. >> As I said, this is very much in the pre-alpha stage, so this is useful >> information for me. Does anyone else have this problem? >> >> Thanks, >> ian >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tom Hodder [mailto:t...@limepepper.co.uk] >> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:30 PM >> To: Fellows, Ian >> Cc: r-sig-gui@stat.math.ethz.ch >> Subject: Re: [R-gui] Seeking comments/testers for a new GUI >> >> Ian Fellows wrote: >>> Thanks for looking Tom. >>> >>> Are you entering "library(Deducer)" from within the JGR console? >>> >>> What version of JGR are you using? The version number is displayed on the >>> splash screen at start up, and should be 1.6-7. >>> >>> What operating system are you using? >>> >>> Is your R up to date? i.e. Version 2.9.0 >>> >>> Are there any warnings/errors? >>> >>> >> [r...@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep R-core >> R-core-2.9.0-2.fc10.x86_64 >> [r...@localhost ~]# java -version >> java version "1.6.0_0" >> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.5) (fedora-18.b16.fc10-x86_64) >> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b15, mixed mode) >> [r...@localhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release >> Fedora release 10 (Cambridge) >> >> JGR is 1.6-7 >> >> I am running the following in the JGR console; >> >> "> library(Deducer) >> Loading required package: ggplot2 >> Loading required package: proto >> Loading required package: grid >> Loading required package: reshape >> Loading required package: plyr >> >> Attaching package: 'ggplot2' >> >> >> The following object(s) are masked from package:grid : >> >> nullGrob " >> >> There are no errors to either the JGR or R console >> >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-GUI mailing list >> R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui >> > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-GUI mailing list R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui
