[R-SIG-Mac] installing multiple versions of R

[stephen sefick]

I downloaded the Rswitch application, but the current version and that
is the only version that is available even if I push the rediscover
button.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Steve Lianoglou
<mailinglist.honeypot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Dec 1, 2008, at 11:29 AM, stephen sefick wrote:
>
>> I would like to install R 2.7.2 in || with R 2.8 to test what is wrong
>> with a package I am maintaining.  It worked fine with R 2.7.2 chron
>> 2.3-24 and doesn't work with R 2.8 chron 2.3-24 or chron 2.3-25.
>> thanks
>
>
> You can easily do so.
>
> Just download the appropriate installers for each version and install them:
>
> 2.8.x : http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-2.8.0.dmg
> 2.7.x : http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/old/R-2.7.2.dmg
>
> FYI, they'll install in:
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.*
>
> You can switch between which version to run "at go time" as I described in
> my previous email:
>  (i) either by using the RSwitch application; or
>  (ii) by renaming the R.app that's installed to R28.app, and R27.app as
> appropriate.
>
> Both RSwitch and the R guis can be downloaded from:
> http://r.research.att.com/
>
> HTH,
> -steve
>
> ps - I'm not sure of (ii), since I haven't tested it for R27 vs R28 (only R
> in 68bit vs R 32bit, which works), though I believe it works. I have tested
> and previously used (i).
>
> --
> Steve Lianoglou
> Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
>
> http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos
>
>
>
>



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Stephen Sefick

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