[R-SIG-Mac] Help files not available

[peter dalgaard]

> On 08 Mar 2016, at 15:26 , Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Did you folks re-install R (and XQuartz) after upgrading to El Capitan?

Apropos: Notice that the latest broad-ranging security issue for OSX involves the Sparkle upgrade architecture used by XQuartz. For now, be careful no to update XQuartz over insecure connections (open WiFi, etc.) 

-pd


> 
> As per the R Installation and Administration manual:
> 
> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-OS-X
> 
> "If you update your OS X version, you should re-install R (and perhaps XQuartz): the installer tailors the installation to the current version of the OS."
> 
> 
> I am running El Capitan with R 3.2.3 and although I don't use the default GUI (I use ESS), I can run the GUI and get help files without issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
> 
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:42 PM, Josh Izzard <josh.izzard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I also have this problem, I do not know what it is from
>> 
>> On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 11:44:24 PM UTC-5, Gray, Joshua wrote:
>> I am having trouble with my R installation after upgrading to El Capitan (although the timing could be entirely coincidental). The help files are not available, for instance: 
>> 
>>> help("lm") 
>> 
>> Opens the help window in the R GUI, but the message there is: Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection 
>> 
>> Similarly: 
>> 
>>> ?lm 
>> Warning message: 
>> In file(out, "wt") : 
>>  cannot open file '/var/folders/68/x1590pm56yvbbhrkcshd1_yw0000gn/T//RtmpJfjb7P/Rhttpd3bb208bacf': No such file or directory 
>>> 
>> 
>> The problem persists after a restart of R and the computer. 
>> 
>> Installation details: R 3.2.1 GUI 1.66 Mavericks build 
>> System details: OS X 10.11.1 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your help 
> 
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