Error in RStudioGD() : Shadow graphics device error: r error 4 (R code execution error)

Question

I am trying to plot using Rstudio. But when I do, plot(cars) which is the basic function, I am getting an Graphics Error in R.
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Answer 1

I had the following error in a CentOS:7 Docker container when running rstudio-server verify-installation:

27 Feb 2017 14:17:09 [rsession-rstudio-server] ERROR r error 4 (R code execution error) [errormsg=Error in system(paste(which, shQuote(names[i])), intern = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE) :
  error in running command
]; OCCURRED AT: rstudio::core::Error rstudio::r::exec::<unnamed>::evaluateExpressionsUnsafe(SEXPREC*, SEXPREC*, SEXPREC**, rstudio::r::sexp::Protect*, rstudio::r::exec::<unnamed>::EvalType) /root/rstudio/src/cpp/r/RExec.cpp:159; LOGGED FROM: rstudio::core::FilePath rstudio::session::module_context::findProgram(const std::string&) /root/rstudio/src/cpp/session/SessionModuleContext.cpp:879
27 Feb 2017 14:17:09 [rsession-rstudio-server] ERROR r error 4 (R code execution error) [errormsg=Error in system(paste(which, shQuote(names[i])), intern = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE) :
  error in running command
]; OCCURRED AT: rstudio::core::Error rstudio::r::exec::<unnamed>::evaluateExpressionsUnsafe(SEXPREC*, SEXPREC*, SEXPREC**, rstudio::r::sexp::Protect*, rstudio::r::exec::<unnamed>::EvalType) /root/rstudio/src/cpp/r/RExec.cpp:159; LOGGED FROM: rstudio::core::FilePath rstudio::session::module_context::findProgram(const std::string&) /root/rstudio/src/cpp/session/SessionModuleContext.cpp:879

I fixed it by installing which command: yum install which

Answer 2

Under Ubuntu 13.10 I had the similar issue with rstudio server, tried all different suggestions no work. Finally figured out this way:

1. sudo service rstudio-server stop
2. remove all rstudio related files (sudo find / -name "rstudio" | xargs sudo rm -r)
3. uninstall R: sudo apt-get remove r-base-core r-base r-base-dev
4. remove all R related files (sudo find / -name "R" | xargs sudo rm -r)
5. re-install R: sudo apt-get install r-base-core r-base r-base-dev
6. test R: making sure plot(cars) works in R, output a pdf file.
7. re-install R studio server: http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/server