[R] R interpreter not recognized

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Maria I. Tchalakova
<maria.tchalakova at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to install a program based on R, but I am receiving the
> following error message:
> root at darkstar:/home/maria/UCS# perl System/Install.perl
> Error: Can't run the R interpreter (/usr/local/bin/R).
> Please make sure that R is installed and specify the fully qualified
> filename of the R interpreter with -R if necessary (see "doc/install.txt").
>
> I do have installed R, and I can see it (it is working also fine when I use it):
>> which R
>> /usr/local/bin/R
> I have specified the location of the R interpreter with -R (or -rh)
> /usr/local/bin/R" when running the program, but it still doesn't work.
> I have also used -R /usr/local/lib/R/bin/R or -rh
> /usr/local/lib/R/bin/R.
> I have also added the locations to my search path.
>
> It seems that the problem comes from my environment, but I cannot
> figure out what's wrong. Do you have any clues why the interpreter
> cannot be found?

Maria: what is the Linux distribution that you are using?

Paul