[R] R packages for Mac Users

[peter dalgaard]

On 23 Feb 2016, at 18:10 , Scott Colwell <scolwell at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know if all the R packages that are available for Windows users are also available for Mac users? 
> 

In a word: Yes.

In two words: Yes, mostly.

As long as a package doesn't rely on Windows-specific features, or on interfacing to programs that are only available for Windows, it will usually work on Mac or Linux or ... as well.

-pd


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> 
> Scott
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