'R path not working: /usr/local/bin/R (Can be changed in setting r.rpath.XXX)'

Description R Debugger doesn’t see the R executable, even though the correct R path has been given?

To Reproduce

1. Install the prerequisites (R, VSCode, the R extension for VSCode)
2. Install R Debugger, along with dependencies
3. Create a new folder, with a simple R file, test.R, with something like below
4. Try to run said code

Your R code

test.R

print(hello world')
a <- 2 + 2

Your Launch config If applicable, the launch config that causes the bug. E.g.:

        {
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
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    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "R-Debugger",
            "name": "Launch R-Workspace",
            "request": "launch",
            "debugMode": "workspace",
            "workingDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}"
        },
        {
            "type": "R-Debugger",
            "name": "Debug R-File",
            "request": "launch",
            "debugMode": "file",
            "workingDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "file": "${file}"
        },
        {
            "type": "R-Debugger",
            "name": "Debug R-Function",
            "request": "launch",
            "debugMode": "function",
            "workingDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "file": "${file}",
            "mainFunction": "main",
            "allowGlobalDebugging": false
        },
        {
            "type": "R-Debugger",
            "name": "Debug R-Package",
            "request": "launch",
            "debugMode": "workspace",
            "workingDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "includePackageScopes": true,
            "loadPackages": [
                "."
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "R-Debugger",
            "request": "attach",
            "name": "Attach to R process",
            "splitOverwrittenOutput": true
        }
    ]
}

Expected behavior Run

Actual behavior Throws an error

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac OS 12.0 (M1 based)
• R Version: R version 4.1.2 (2021-11-01) – “Bird Hippie”
• vscDebugger Version: vscDebugger_0.4.7
• vscode-r-debugger Version: v0.4.7

Additional context I’m new to VS Code, coming from RStudio, so I may have messed something up here, however, I’ve tried installing it three times now (reinstalling VSCode, with no luck!). Don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

The path to R is the one in the title, I’ve double checked! I’ve added the path to both the rterm and rpath options in settings, and it doesn’t work, nor does removing both. VS Code can see the R binary for the terminal, but the debugger seemingly cannot see it

[PaulKeydel]

The vscDebugger package has been not released on CRAN ever. Please check this thread. ManuelHentschel/vscDebugger#170

You may install the latest version by remotes::install_github("ManuelHentschel/vscDebugger@*release").

Yeah, that was the missing link 😃 So, following @eitsupi and using the current R patches from https://mac.r-project.org/ should finally solve the initial issue!

[PaulKeydel]

Good and bad news so far: The above issue that R ignores input from stdin when the --interactive flag is set, is still fixed in newer versions of R. You could find these patches (including installer packages) here: https://mac.r-project.org

However, after the installation I got some new problems concerning the R-package “vscDebugger”, which is necessary for debugging. Up to now, this package is not supported by newer R versions. So the installation via install.packages(“vscDebugger”) results in an error:

> install.packages("vscDebugger")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Warning message:
package ‘vscDebugger’ is not available for this version of R

A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html#Installing-packages 

I think we have to wait until the next official version of R is released…