Using StatET with Eclipse in Win64: "no session of R is active in the current workbench window"

Question

What do I do when I get the following error message in Eclipse when trying to launch R?

"no session of R is active in the current workbench window"

Answer 1

I've made a tutorial for installing StatET on my Win64 system, you can find it here (mirror). Although it's no rocket science it's easy to get into issues along the way.

You need to first configure R for your system and then you also need to go into Run > Run Configurations... and add a R Console before you can run it.

You also need to be careful about the Java version that you use. I had to uninstall all my Java, then reinstall the 64-bit before it worked. I guess I could've used the 32-bit, but since I use 64-bit R I thought that it might be a better option (although I think the Eclipse environment and R don't really care about sharing bits)

Answer 2

for me had to select rterm, that displayed the r console/terminal. Then do run , run as -> run in R as script via source