bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Question

I am trying to install a software, this error coming again and again i have tried some solutions which have suggest for similar errors but not working for me. command is given bellow:

sudo su - -c "R -e \\"install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')\\""

please help

error:

 bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

What statement are you running? Is this something inside the file you can find? — Rogue
– Rogue, Commented Nov 19, 2013 at 12:07

user1907906 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-19 12:25:17Z

3

Check how you escape the quotes. The argument is:

"R -e \\"install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')\\""

This can be split into:

"R -e \\"
install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')
\\""

The ( after packages is wrong shell syntax.

Do this:

sudo su - -c "R -e \"install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')\""

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 12:25

user1907906

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