[kepler-users] Installing Kepler on Lion: finding R

[Karin Nadrowski Leipzig]

Unfortunately manipulating the environment.plist screws up a whole lot other applications, including my Aquamacs - R functioning (X11 does not start, the help does not start), and the Word Plugin of Mendeley (it does not execute). 

There is a web page saying that environment.plist does not work with applications launched from spotlight, this applies to all applications launched from the application folder also, I guess. 

http://www.digitaledgesw.com/node/31

So the solution given so far does not work for me. As soon as I rename the environment.plist file, the other software are functioning fine again.

Best, Karin.


On Jan 26, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Karin Nadrowski wrote:

> Dear Jing,
> 
> thanks, it's running now.
> 
> I used the following commands, as I'm not so fluent with vim:
> $>mkdir .MacOSX
> $>touch .MacOSX/environment.plist
> $>pico .MacOSX/environment.plist
> 
> Not sure, where to send the mail so that it reaches the archive for others
> to read.
> 
> Best, Karin.
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: tao [mailto:tao at nceas.ucsb.edu]
> Gesendet: Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:09 AM
> An: barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
> Cc: Karin Nadrowski Leipzig; kepler-users at kepler-project.org
> Betreff: Re: [kepler-users] Installing Kepler on Lion: finding R
> 
> Hi, Karin:
> 
> How did you add the path of the R to the PATH variable? By modifying the
> .bash_profile? If you had done this way, it would not work.
> 
> Since OS X windows applications receive environment variables from the
> your environment.plist file, you have to set the R path to PATH in
> ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file in order to let Kepler know the R.
> 
> If you don't have the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist  file, you may open a
> terminal and type:
> $>mkdir .MacOSX
> $>touch .MacOSX/environment.plist
> $>vim .MacOSX/environment.plist
> Paste the following lines to the file:
> 
> {
>        PATH = "$PATH:your_R_bin_dir";
> }
> 
> If you already have ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, you may type:
> $>open .MacOSX/environment.plist
> In the editor interface, set variable(key) PATH with the value of
> $PATH:your_R_bin_dir.
> 
> Note: please replace your_R_bin_dir by the real value.
> 
> More information about editing environment.plist, please see:
> http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html
> 
> After saving the file, you must restart your computer. Then it should
> work.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jing
> 
> barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu wrote:
>> I'm seeing this too.
>> We'll try to look into it and get a fix out soon.
>> Thanks for reporting it,
>> Derik
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:16:24 +0100, Karin Nadrowski Leipzig
>> <nadrowski at uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> has anyone experienced problems with installing Kepler on Lion? I have
>>> installed Keppler 2.3 and 2.2. Added the path to R to the PATH
> variable.
>>> 
>> R
>> 
>>> is running from the terminal. I'm using R regularly on the computer.
> But
>>> Kepler cannot find it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Karin.
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Dr. Karin Nadrowski
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