[R-SIG-Mac] problems reinstalling R on Leopard

[Simon Urbanek]

Marc,

On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:29 AM, M Cowdice wrote:

> Last week I successfully installed R version 2.6.0 (branch 43408)  
> using Leopard, and used it for the last couple of days. Today I  
> wanted to start R again, but nothing happened! The R icon is  
> bouncing in the dock but the program won't start. I uninstalled the  
> program, removed the R framework folder from /libraries and removed  
> the R related files in the library/receipts folder. I reinstalled  
> the program, where the Installer reported a successful installation,  
> but still the program won't start. I checked my system disk, without  
> any results.. I don't have any idea what to do next, so please help  
> me!
>

Please have a look at the console (Utilities->Console), it should give  
a hint as of why it doesn't start.

However, you may want to upgrade to (just released) R 2.6.1 which is  
now an official release that was tested on both Leopard and Tiger.

Cheers,
Simon