[R-SIG-Mac] install two versions of R on a Mac

[Ken Knoblauch]

Steven McKinney <smckinney <at> bccrc.ca> writes:
> After installing the Mac GUI R:
> If I navigate to the "Applications" directory in the Mac Finder file browser,
> and <Control>-click (or right-click) on the R.app icon, a contextual menu
> pops up - I select "Duplicate" and a second "R copy.app" is created.
> I can then double-click to run that and have two copies of R up and 
running with
> the Mac R gui interface.  
> Alternatively, if I run the following command from a "Terminal" window
> $ /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R &
> $ /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R &
> $ /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R &
> I get several instances of the same version of the Mac GUI R up 
and running.
> So these are two methods I use to invoke multiple instances of various
> programs on my Mac.  
> HTH
> 
> Steven McKinney


see
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2008-April/004812.html

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