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https://github.com/nanxstats/r-windows-paths
R command-line tool paths on Windows systems
https://github.com/nanxstats/r-windows-paths
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R command-line tool paths on Windows systems
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nanxstats/r-windows-paths
- Owner: nanxstats
- License: cc0-1.0
- Created: 2024-09-04T02:58:58.000Z (4 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-05T22:21:42.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-07T08:06:09.464Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: command-line, pandoc, quarto, r, rtools, tinytex, windows
- Language: Shell
- Homepage: https://nanx.me/blog/post/r-windows-paths/
- Size: 1.01 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.Rmd
- License: LICENSE
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README
---
output: github_document
# To center the elements correctly on GitHub, we need to post-process
#
blocks to remove blank lines after and add two leading spaces
# before each tag.
knit: |
(function(inputFile, encoding) {
rmarkdown::render(input = inputFile, encoding = encoding)
output <- paste0(basename(tools::file_path_sans_ext(inputFile)), ".md")
content <- paste0(readLines(output), collapse = "\n")
matches <- gregexpr("(?s)
]*>.*?
", content, perl = TRUE)
match_texts <- regmatches(content, matches)[[1]]
process_p_block <- function(block) {
block <- gsub("(]*>)[ \\t]*\\n([ \\t]*\\n)*", "\\\\1\n", block)
block <- gsub("(]*>)", " \\\\1", block)
block
}
modified_texts <- vapply(match_texts, process_p_block, character(1))
regmatches(content, matches)[[1]] <- modified_texts
writeLines(content, con = output)
invisible(output)
})
---
```{r, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
collapse = TRUE,
comment = "#>",
echo = FALSE
)
```
# r-windows-paths
Example versions ·
Configure and verify
R ·
Rtools ·
TinyTeX ·
MiKTeX ·
Pandoc ·
Quarto ·
Git
Essential R command-line tool paths on Windows.
This information can help setting up the `PATH` environment variable
for seamless command-line access.
## Example versions
Some of the paths below are specific to the installed software version.
We use these software version examples:
```{r}
str_extract_first <- function(x, pattern) {
m <- regexec(pattern, text = x, perl = TRUE)
regmatches(x, m = m)[[1]][2]
}
get_r_version <- function() {
"http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/VERSION-INFO.dcf" |>
url() |>
read.dcf() |>
as.data.frame() |>
getElement(name = "Release")
}
get_rtools_version <- function() {
version_string <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-windows/rtools-chocolatey/master/src/rtools.nuspec" |>
curl::curl_fetch_memory() |>
getElement(name = "content") |>
rawToChar() |>
str_extract_first(pattern = "(.*?)")
parts <- strsplit(version_string, "\\.")[[1]]
paste0(parts[1], parts[2])
}
get_rstudio_version <- function() {
version_string <- "http://download1.rstudio.org/current.ver" |>
curl::curl_fetch_memory() |>
getElement(name = "content") |>
rawToChar()
parts <- strsplit(trimws(version_string), "\\+")[[1]]
major <- parts[1]
minor <- strsplit(parts[2], "\\.")[[1]][1]
list(major = major, minor = minor)
}
r_version <- get_r_version()
rtools_version <- get_rtools_version()
rstudio_version <- get_rstudio_version()
rstudio_version_major <- rstudio_version$major
rstudio_version_minor <- rstudio_version$minor
```
- R `r r_version`
- Rtools`r rtools_version`
- RStudio Desktop `r sprintf("%s+%s", rstudio_version_major, rstudio_version_minor)`
## Key paths
### R
`R.exe` and `Rscript.exe` for running `R CMD build` and `R CMD check`.
R release version `r r_version`:
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\R\R-`r r_version`\bin
```
R-devel:
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin
```
### Rtools
C/C++/Fortran toolchain for building R and R packages from source.
Contains `gcc`, `g++`, `gfortran`:
```batchfile
C:\rtools`r rtools_version`\x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix\bin
```
Contains Texinfo (`texi2dvi`, `texi2pdf`) required by `R CMD check`,
and GNU Make (`make`) required for building R from source:
```batchfile
C:\rtools`r rtools_version`\usr\bin
```
### TinyTeX
TeX distribution binaries for LaTeX support.
Contains `pdflatex` required by `R CMD check` and for building R from source.
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\windows
```
### MiKTeX
TeX distribution binaries for LaTeX support.
Contains `pdflatex` required by `R CMD check` and for building R from source.
MiKTeX installed via `choco install miktex` or standalone installer (all users):
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64
```
MiKTeX installed via standalone installer (current user):
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64
```
### Pandoc
pandoc installed via `choco install pandoc` or standalone installer:
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Pandoc
```
pandoc distributed with RStudio Desktop (installer):
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin\tools
```
pandoc distributed with RStudio Desktop (zip):
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\RStudio-`r sprintf("%s-%s", rstudio_version_major, rstudio_version_minor)`\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin\tools
```
pandoc distributed with Quarto installed via `choco install quarto`:
```batchfile
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\quarto\tools\bin\tools
```
pandoc distributed with Quarto installed via Quarto standalone installer:
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools
```
### Quarto
Quarto installed via `choco install quarto`:
```batchfile
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\quarto\tools\bin
```
Quarto installed via Quarto standalone installer:
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin
```
Quarto distributed with RStudio Desktop (installer):
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin
```
Quarto distributed with RStudio Desktop (zip):
```batchfile
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\RStudio-`r sprintf("%s-%s", rstudio_version_major, rstudio_version_minor)`\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin
```
### Git
For interacting with Git repositories.
Git for Windows installed via `choco install git` or standalone installer:
```batchfile
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
```
## Configure and verify
1. Locate the paths on your system.
- Open File Explorer and navigate to the directories listed above.
- Verify that the paths exist and contain the expected executables.
1. Add relevant paths to your system's `PATH` environment variable
and verify the setup.
- For a step-by-step guide with screenshots, see
[how to set the `PATH` environment variable in Windows](path.md).
Now you should be able to use R and its associated tools from the CLI
without specifying full paths.