NetLogo closes when trying to load R-extension

[pascalfust]

Hello,
I have been using the R extension on my older computers on NetLogo 5.0.4, and am now trying to run this extension on newer versions of NetLogo (6.0.4, 6.1.0...) - without any success.
Whenever I try to load either an old model using the R extension or even just make a new script with the simple command "extentions [ r ]", NetLogo immediately closes after pressing the "check" button.
I am running NetLogo on Windows 10, have R version 3.6.0 running and rJava installed. The user.properties file(s) have been updated according to the help documentation.

Where should I look for the error?
BTW, the R extension folder is not being build in the directory (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\NetLogo\6.1\extensions) as described in the documentation, but only a few extensions are found there - probably the updated ones...? Is this a bug? I copied the specific R extension folder found in the .bundled folder to this folder, but no further success.

I am looking forward to your help, as I am currently unable to work on my models from the older NetLogo versions

[brandesNW]

Hi Pascal, We are sorry you have encountered this issue. Detailed instructions for configuring the R extension on Windows 10 follow. To make the process easier for us to help you debug, we recommend downloading and installing NetLogo 6.2.0<http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtml>, which was recently released. You may have completed many of these steps already. The key steps once everything is downloaded and updated are: * Edit the user.properties file * Edit the System Environment Variable “Path” These steps have bold headers below Here are the full instructions<https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/r.html#installing> for installing R and configuring it with the extension. Pay particular attention to the Windows-specific installation steps<https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/r.html#windows-specific-installation-steps> Here are the specific steps I took get the R extension running on Windows 10. Install R and R packages I downloaded R 4.0.4 for Windows<https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/> and ran the installer with default options plus installing a desktop icon. I opened R by double clicking the desktop icon. I typed install.packages("rJava") For installation of the packages I accepted the default local location, and chose a mirror site for downloading Next install.packages("JavaGD") # Optional install.packages("CommonJavaJars") # Optional Collect system information I collected the necessary system information R.home(component = "home") [1] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.4" system.file("jri", package = "rJava") [1] "C:/Users/MyName/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/rJava/jri" Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 if you don’t have it I tried the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 redistributable download<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784> And chose the installer vcredist_x64.exe I double clicked on the installer. Because Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 had been previously installed, the Installer options were “modify setup” and “repair.” I therefore quit the installer, but you should proceed if it offers to install the software. Edit the user.properties file Note: I have substituted “MyName” for my actual username throughout this email, and you should substitute in your username when making the changes. The one discrepancy I ran into is that there was no file C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\NetLogo\6.2\r\user.properties The directory existed but was empty. You can download the user.properties file I have attached to the folder C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\NetLogo\6.2\r You should then edit the following lines to reflect your name and R installation. (You might be able to edit directly in NotePad because I already did the step of opening and saving with WordPad. Make sure that the resulting filename does not have the suffix .txt) r.home=C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.4 jri.home.paths=C:/Users/MyName/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/rJava/jri r.lib.paths=C:/Users/MyName/Documents/R/win-library/4.0 Edit the System Environment Variable “Path” After that you need to edit your system environment variable Path Use the New button to add the line (adapted if necessary) C:\Program Files\R\R-4.0.4\bin\x64\ You will need to log in and out of Windows, or do a restart for the environment variable change to take effect. Please note that most NetLogo extensions are usable “out of the box.” The R extension requires an atypical amount of configuration steps. Please let us know if this leads to success, or if you need more help write us and include details of steps that have not worked, and error messages you have seen. Aaron

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-- Aaron Brandes, Software Developer Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling From: pascalfust ***@***.***> Reply-To: NetLogo/R-Extension ***@***.***> Date: Monday, July 19, 2021 at 6:46 AM To: NetLogo/R-Extension ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [NetLogo/R-Extension] NetLogo closes when trying to load R-extension (#24) Hello, I have been using the R extension on my older computers on NetLogo 5.0.4, and am now trying to run this extension on newer versions of NetLogo (6.0.4, 6.1.0...) - without any success. Whenever I try to load either an old model using the R extension or even just make a new script with the simple command "extentions [ r ]", NetLogo immediately closes after pressing the "check" button. I am running NetLogo on Windows 10, have R version 3.6.0 running and rJava installed. The user.properties file(s) have been updated according to the help documentation. Where should I look for the error? BTW, the R extension folder is not being build in the directory (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\NetLogo\6.1\extensions) as described in the documentation, but only a few extensions are found there - probably the updated ones...? Is this a bug? I copied the specific R extension folder found in the .bundled folder to this folder, but no further success. I am looking forward to your help, as I am currently unable to work on my models from the older NetLogo versions — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/NetLogo/R-Extension/issues/24__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GBeFEUYl_PypJ5AD3diPdBL_N7p36cpzY2ztjLI8RcdYqICaduxel2LJ6VzUWMo9db1r5rVq5g$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANSUO2QJR42FVXOSQRZHR53TYP7ATANCNFSM5ATOB2JQ__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GBeFEUYl_PypJ5AD3diPdBL_N7p36cpzY2ztjLI8RcdYqICaduxel2LJ6VzUWMo9db1_rz9dSA$>.