[R] R v2.13.2 - Cannot find Rcmd on path?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Hardy Griesbauer
<hgriesbauer at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I recently updated to R version 2.13.2.  With R version 2.10.0, I often
> created and installed R packages, however, I cannot do this since updating.
> In other words, when I type in Rcmd build -binary PACKAGENAME I receive an
> error message: "Rcmd is not recognized as an internal...".  I suspect that
> this is because Rcmd.exe is no longer installed in the bin folder, but
> rather, in the x64 folder within bin.  Please help!
>
>
>
> What I've done so far:
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> 1)      Downloaded and installed the latest version of Rtools (as of October
> 21, 2011).
>
> 2)      During installation of Rtools, I included the following in the path:
> C:\Progra~1\R\R-2.13.2\bin\x64 and confirmed that this is on the path.
>
> 3)      Read every help manual I can find, but I can't seem to locate the
> answer to this problem.
>
>
>
> Other information:
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> R version 2.13.2 (2011-09-30)
>
> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
>
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> My windows version: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit OS.
>

There is a batch command Rcmd.bat at http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
that when run will find R using the registry and then run the
appropriate Rcmd.exe so that you don't need to change your path or any
other environment variable.

Its a self contained .bat file so just place it anywhere on your
existing path.  At the Windows console this command will show you your
path:  path

Now try

Rcmd.bat build ...whatever...

If your path is not already set to find Rcmd.exe then Rcmd.bat can be
abbreviated to just Rcmd in the above line.

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