[R-SIG-Mac] R Update - FAILED- HELP!!!

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Jean Jang <jeanwaijang at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apologies, I forgot to include the message from the Terminal:
> 
> jeans-macbook-104:~ jean$ R
> 
> R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
> Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/i386 (32-bit)
> 
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> 
>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
> 
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> 
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
> >

That certainly seems to be a proper load so you can just use that to finish things up, but I'd strongly recommend you go to r-project.org and install the newest version of R directly from the official binaries. That hopefully will fix things up. 

Also, look into a good backup solution like Dropbox.  

Michael


> 
> 
> 
> On 6-Oct-12, at 10:38 AM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Jean Jang <jeanwaijang at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi R-listers,
>>> 
>>> I just tried updating my R and now I can't even open it and it is
>>> prompting me to relaunch then relaunch just reappears. And it will not
>>> open R. I am afraid I may have lost my scripts.
>>> 
>>> What should I do? I am running a MacBook OS X Version 10.5.8
>>> 
>>> 1) Restore the entire system to an earlier date?
>>> 2) Drag R from applications and reload R program (updated version)?
>>> 
>>> Will my script files still show up if I do either of these options this?
>>> 
>>> Please advise. Jean
>> 
>> Hi Jean,
>> 
>> We'll need some more information about what you did and how you went
>> about doing it.
>> 
>> Firstly, did you use the CRAN R installer or did you do something
>> "unofficial" like homebrew?
>> 
>> Second, can you launch R from the Terminal? [1] If so, it's likely a
>> GUI problem and not a problem with R itself.
>> 
>> Thirdly, don't panic. If you saved your scripts in a reasonable place
>> (e.g., anything under your home directory) the R installer shouldn't
>> have touched it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> [1] If you don't know how to do this, click the "Applications" stack
>> in your dock. Then utilities. Then Terminal. A window (likely white
>> with black font) will appear; type "R" (no quotes) into it and hit
>> enter.
> 
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