[R] Rscript on Mac : specify R64 over R (32-bit version)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 16/01/2013 20:16, Matthew Pettis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have both R and R64 installed on Mac OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion (64-bit).
>   When I run the command
>
> sessionInfo()
>
> from within Rscript, I get:
>
> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
> Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/i386 (32-bit)
>
> Is there a way to make Rscript point at the R64 rather than R (32-bit)?

Yes, but it is much better to ask this on R-sig-mac. The main issue is 
why it has not done so by default.  You can always use

Rscript --arch-x86_64

Ah: this is 2.15.2 whose installer did not know about Mountain Lion: 
please update to R-patched from http://r.research.att.com/.


> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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