[R] <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The session was terminated. + *** caught illegal operation ***

[peter dalgaard]

Also, check whether R runs standalone, either as Rgui or in Terminal.app (just start Terminal and type "R" if you haven't tried it before.)

-pd

> On 26 Oct 2017, at 14:57 , David Barron <dnbarron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've seen similar issues reported on the RStudio community site:
> https://community.rstudio.com/.  You might want to check in there, as I
> think this may well be an RStudio issue rather than a problem with R itself.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On 26 October 2017 at 12:11, Eric Berger <ericjberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> How about going back to earlier versions if you don't need the latest ones?
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Klaus Michael Keller <
>> klaus.keller at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> I just installed the "Short Summer" R update last week. Now, my R Studio
>>> doesn't open anymore!
>>> 
>>> --> <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The session was terminated.
>>> 
>>> and my R terminal doesn't close properly
>>> 
>>> --> *** caught illegal operation ***
>>> 
>>> I restarted my Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 and reinstalled both R 3.4.2 and the
>>> latest R studio but the problem persists.
>>> 
>>> How can that issue be solved?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for your a precious help!
>>> 
>>> All the best from Switzerland,
>>> 
>>> Klaus
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