[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.4.3 binaries

[Marc Schwartz]

Hi,

FWIW, the key R related issue with High Sierra, fixed in 3.4.3, relates to the setting of the time zone in R.

An easy work around was posted some time ago, which is to put:

  Sys.setenv(TZ = "YourTime/Zone")

in your ~/.Rprofile, so that the TZ is set with a new R session.

A list of TZ's is available here:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones>

Regards,

Marc Schwartz


> On Dec 6, 2017, at 8:27 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Homebrew is not particularly unrecommended either, but you could get in trouble with compatibility vs. CRAN package binaries. "Unsupported" is more precise: None of us are trying these builds so if they break, you could be on your own. (From the Open Source perspective, the more people who know how to deal with R at source code level, the better; and homebrew does appear to have a substantially better reputation than the older MacPorts system did.)
> 
> From that point of view it could be easier for you just to grab R-patched from r.research.att.com. Those binaries are unsigned, though, so you need to make a leap of trust that noone has hacked their way in and replaced the binaries since they were built. Pragmatically you need to download, open the Downloads folder (in Finder!), right-click the package, choose to use Installer.app, and accept to open it even though yadayadayada in the dialogue window.
> 
> -pd
> 
>> On 6 Dec 2017, at 11:24 , Luis Puerto <luiss.puerto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Federico, 
>> 
>> I know that it isn’t recommended by R Core Group, but you can always instal it from source using Homebrew. I’ve believe that there is even a bottle already and you don’t need to compile. I’m not sure. 
>> 
>> I’ve using a pure Homebrew install in my Mac and runs faster then the CRAN one, with openBlas and OpenMP.  
>> 
>>> On 6 Dec 2017, at 11:26, Federico Calboli <federico.calboli at helsinki.fi> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I know that I can get the latest and greatest binaries from http://r.research.att.com/ but I am puzzled why there are still no OSX R 3.4.3 binaries on CRAN.  The Windows installer has been up a few days already.  Is there anything I am missing concerning this delay?  
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> F


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