[R] Installation problem MacOS X

[joerg van den hoff]

Hector L. Ayala-del-Rio wrote:
> R gurus
>    I have tried to install the R 2.0.1 binary for OS X and although the 
> installation was successful I can get the application going.  When I 
> double click the icon R tries to load (R window shows briefly) and it 
> quits immediately.  This behavior was described in this list before and 
> nobody found the answer to the problem. If you try to load the x11 
> version by typing "R" at the command line it loads up with no problem.  
> This means that the app is partially working and there are no 
> permissions issue.  The most interesting thing is if I log to a 
> different account (Dummy) and I double click the application it loads 
> with no problem.  This makes me think that there has to be some type of 
> user specific file or directory that is causing the gui to quit.  Any 
> suggestions on what file(s) could be affecting R?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Hector
> 
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you have moved the R app already to it's final destination (instead of 
starting it from the mounted disk image)?

I would try the "Console" utility (in /Applications/Utilities) to have a 
look at console.log and system.log (or inspect the logs directly: 
/private/var/log/system.log and /Library/Logs/Console/vdh/console.log) 
immediately _after_ an  attempt to start the R app. probably it's a 
permission problem all the same.


regards
joerg


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