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-rw-r--r--var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/eq-r/package.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/eq-r/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/eq-r/package.py
index 76c10c82c5..720e2bed8f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/eq-r/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/eq-r/package.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class EqR(AutotoolsPackage):
if not os.path.exists(r_location):
rscript = which('Rscript')
if rscript is not None:
- r_location = rscript('-e', 'cat(R.home())')
+ r_location = rscript('-e', 'cat(R.home())', output=str)
else:
msg = 'couldn\'t locate Rscript on your PATH'
raise RuntimeError(msg)