I'm trying to send a system command in RStudio with the system command. I am trying to interface with pixi.
If I run this in my terminal, it works irrespective of whether I use sh/bash/zsh/nushell:
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> system("pixi -V")
pixi 0.47.0
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Similarly, if I run pixi -V in the RStudio Terminal, it also works. Likewise, it works in both the Terminal and console in Positron.
But I get an error if I run it in the R console in RStudio:
> system("pixi -V")
sh: pixi: command not found
Warning message:
In system("pixi -V") : error in running command
So a couple of questions:
- How come stuff on PATH everywhere else is not on PATH in the shell called by
system? - How can I make the above example work? Can I make a function that automatically adds it to the PATH of whichever shell RStudio uses?
I'm on RStudio Version 2025.05.0+496 (2025.05.0+496).