Rkward 0.8.0 + R 4.5.0: Impossible to start R engine?

[Pierre de Villemereuil]

Hi,

I can confirm that the development AppImage works when selecting /usr/bin/R as 
the R engine on my system.

Thanks!
Pierre

Le lundi 14 avril 2025, 21:24:33 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Thomas 
Friedrichsmeier a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> we probably need a new release. Could you check whether our development
> version works for you with R 4.5.0?
> 
> (Either compiling from the master branch, or more easily by using the
> AppImage, and then selecting your R 4.5.0 installation in the initial
> setup dialog).
> 
> Thanks!
> Thomas
> 
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:24:49 +0200
> 
> Pierre de Villemereuil <p.dv at mailo.fr> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Since an update of my openSUSE Tumbleweed system, it's impossible to
> > start Rkward. Or, rather, RKward starts, but complain that it
> > impossible to start the R Engine. However, R does start fine, without
> > error and the "Details" button of the error message only contains the
> > R prompt without anything else.
> > 
> > I'm using the "rkward6" and R collection of package from the
> > R:released repository on openSUSE:
> > https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/devel:languages:R:released
> > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:R:released/
rkward6
> > 
> > I'm suspecting some kind of new issue created by R 4.5.0, which was
> > newly updated in my batch of updates, so it's a logical suspect.
> > 
> > Before possibly filing a more formal bug report, can someone else on
> > this list confirm having some issue with R 4.5.0? If not, it means
> > I'll have to look for a more peculiar aspect of my own setting for a
> > culprit of this bug.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Pierre