I am trying to change the system locale in r studio.
I used this code:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","English") But when I restart Rstudio it reverts back to the previous locale
How can I fix this issue?
- Do you want to set the locale for the entire system or just for R (or RStudio) sessions?Konrad Rudolph– Konrad Rudolph2021-06-02 12:05:59 +00:00Commented Jun 2, 2021 at 12:05
- Just for R (RStudio) sessionsKevin– Kevin2021-06-02 12:09:33 +00:00Commented Jun 2, 2021 at 12:09
- In that case, the answer by Waldi should work.Konrad Rudolph– Konrad Rudolph2021-06-02 12:32:22 +00:00Commented Jun 2, 2021 at 12:32
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You could create or edit .Rprofile, at user's level, or at project's level, see.
For all R sessions (and hence RStudio sessions), this should work:
file.edit(file.path("~", ".Rprofile")) add in .Rprofile:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","English") 
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Dirk is no longer here
An equivalent (but more general ?) solution is to use the
etc/ directory each R installation has and to set Rprofile.site. Or. of you wish use Renviron.site which can use the short LC_ALL=English form as could ~/.Renviron. It all amounts to the same: set the env var when R starts as it cannot be set later. All this is detailed in help(Startup) which has been referenced a few times here over the years.