That's not (yet) stated in the doc, but the code for rpy2.riniterface.__init__ tells it:
1- look for R_HOME 2- if not R_HOME, try to get R_HOME from an executable R in the $PATH/%Path% 3- if still nothing and win32, try to get R from the registry L. On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 16:02 -0500, laurent oget wrote: > Does this mean that we will have to change a registry key to switch > from one version of R to the other, or will the version of R that is > on the PATH take precendence? > > Laurent > > 2008/11/12 Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Laurent, > > > > There have been a couple of threads recently about rpy2 having trouble > > locating R on Windows. I have a suggestion to improve the > > situation... > > > > By default the R installer will record the R paths in the registry, > > but R is not added to the PATH, nor is the R_HOME environment variable > > setup. Therefore for the average Windows installation, using the > > registry is the best way to determine where R is (as this requires no > > manual setup!). > > > > Looking at SVN, it seems rpy2 isn't taking advantage of the win32api > > module (if installed) to ask the Windows registry where R is > > installed. See rpy/rpy_tools.py for how to do this. I contributed > > this code 3 years ago which is why I thought to check for rpy2 as well > > (see rpy.py revision 186). > > > > Peter > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > rpy-list mailing list > > rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > rpy-list mailing list > rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ rpy-list mailing list rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list
