[R] R on MacOS X

[Peter Dalgaard]

Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:

>     Richard> a designated sysadmin, which I'm not.  Is there any
>     Richard> alternative to downloading a source distribution
>     Richard> and doing the classic ./configure;make;make install
>     Richard> waltz?
> 
> yes, there's always been.
> You have installed the  pre-compiled aka binary version for Mac;
> instead get the source -- and actually make sure you get the
> source of "R 1.9.0 beta" since you'll be installing from the
> source, and also because there are substantial Mac specific
> enhancements there.

Wasn't that what he was trying to avoid? Excellent answer still... ;-)

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