[R] Help understanding the relationship between R-3.6.0 and RStudio

[peter dalgaard]

Actually, you might go for 3.6.0-patched. There was a somewhat annoying bug affecting the package installation menu in 3.6.0.

-pd

> On 17 May 2019, at 20:32 , Bill Poling <Bill.Poling using zelis.com> wrote:
> 
> I fixed it by removing previous versions as suggested.
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.6.0 RC (2019-04-24 r76423)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 17134)
> 
> I will have to go out and get the non RC version now.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> WHP
> 
> From: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz using me.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 2:14 PM
> To: Bill Poling <Bill.Poling using zelis.com>
> Cc: R-help <r-help using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] Help understanding the relationship between R-3.6.0 and RStudio
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 17, 2019, at 2:02 PM, Bill Poling <mailto:Bill.Poling using zelis.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello.
>> 
>> I do not think I have had this problem (assuming it is a problem) in the past.
>> 
>> I downloaded and installed R3.6.0 which is indicted in the console when I open R itself.
>> 
>> R version 3.6.0 RC (2019-04-24 r76423) -- "Planting of a Tree"
>> Copyright (C) 2019 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> 
>> However, in RStudio the sessionInfo() remains
>> 
>> R version 3.5.3 (2019-03-11)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 17134)
>> 
>> I also installed the latest version of RStudio 1.2.1335 as well "after" installing R 3.6.0.
>> 
>> I also rebooted my computer.
>> 
>> I am not sure why this time the two do not seem to be (for lack of a better word) in sink?
>> 
>> Thank you for any insight
>> 
>> WHP
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't use RStudio, which is a GUI/IDE on top of R, it is not R.
> 
> That being said, a quick Google search supports my intuition, which is that RStudio appears to be able to support multiple R version installations:
> 
> https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200486138-Changing-R-versions-for-RStudio-desktop
> 
> RStudio also has their own support venue:
> 
> https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us
> 
> If I read correctly, it looks like you actually installed a "Release Candidate" (RC) version of 3.6.0 for Windows. So you probably want to visit a CRAN mirror and download the release version of 3.6.0:
> 
> R version 3.6.0 (2019-04-26) -- "Planting of a Tree"
> 
> If you do not want to have multiple R versions on your computer, you can use the normal Windows application uninstall process to remove the older version(s).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
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