RStudio startup error

tomtombb1 · April 22, 2018, 4:58pm

Hi there, I am on window 10. Every time I opens up RStudio. The following errors pops up.

I have no idea why the error message is in chinese when I installed R in English. Plus I have a vague idea of the error it is saying. I believe it is saying that it cannot find the entry point _memcpy_chk from c:\cygwin64\bin\git.exe

How can I resolve this issue ?

rstudio1 !

prosoitos · April 22, 2018, 5:06pm

It seems that you are using cygwin. I am not sure whether RStudio is able to use a version of git installed on cygwin. You might want to try to install git for windows.

tomtombb1 · April 22, 2018, 5:22pm

I did that actually. I installed git desktop and git on Ubuntu bash shell.

But somehow it is still looking at the git exe in Cygwin folder.

What should I do now ?

prosoitos · April 22, 2018, 8:47pm

I am not an RStudio user, so I don't remember the exact setting names, but if you go to general settings and the tab version control (or something like that), you can give RStudio the path to git. So look for this option and enter the path of git for windows on your machine.

jdlong · April 23, 2018, 4:02pm

This issue thread seems like it should apply. Follow it for some useful tips:

github.com/jennybc/happy-git-with-r

RStudio not finding Git on Mac OS

opened 04:57AM - 16 Jun 16 UTC

closed 04:34AM - 13 Dec 17 UTC

jennybc

In today's practice run at UBC, we had two troublesome computers. Both Macs (!!!…). OS versions were 10.10.5 Yosemite (@MarinStatsLectures) and 10.9.5 Mavericks (Natalia). FWIW current is 10.11 El Capitan. Problem: RStudio never could use Git. The Git pane did not appear. What I know (I hope @ttimbers will confirm): - both installed from here: https://git-scm.com/downloads - for the 10.9.5 machine, we worked with git 2.8.1 intel universal mavericks - should my [Mac git install instructions](http://stat545.com/git01_git-install.html#git-installation-mac) have an option 0, which is to do nothing and use git that ships with mac os? - why do I not mention Xcode command line tools here? does it not install git? - should I sell homebrew harder? - `which git` revealed a git executable for both - git could be used from the command line for both - `echo $PATH` revealed that the location of the git executable was indeed on the path - we restarted RStudio, Terminal, logged out, logged back in ... nothing helped - we could point RStudio at the git executable, i.e. the _Tools > Project or Global Options > Git/SVN_ dialogue box appeared to refer to the desired executable - RStudio was very current (both running Preview?) But we don't get the Git tab in upper right pane. Can't check "create git repo" for new projects. Etc etc.

-J

prosoitos · April 23, 2018, 5:05pm

@tomtombb1 is on windows 10...

jdlong · April 23, 2018, 6:17pm

yeah but it looks like his install of RStudio is not accessing git in the right location. Which is what's going on in the thread above. Albeit on a different platform.