Run R Script - Ubuntu Server

Question

I\'ve recently compiled R on Ubuntu Server 16.04. I\'m attempting to run an R Script using the Rscript function, but I\'m running into errors.

When I run the script usi

Answer 1

It is a design bug in Rscript: it does not load methods on startup.

Two fixes:

1. Add library(methods) to your script, or
2. Do sudo apt-get install r-cran-littler and use r instead of Rscript.

r has been loading methods since day one as this behaviour of Rscript never really made sense.