[R-SIG-Mac] Using R on MacOS Catalina.....

[Byron Ellis]

Homebrew is Linux-style packaging for OS X. Think of it as an equivalent to
apt-get—either it will retrieve a binary or it will attempt to build one.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Matthias Krawutschke <
krawutschke using uni-potsdam.de> wrote:

> Eberhard,
>
> thank you so much for your quick response.
>
> Yes, my MacBook has only 256 GB HDD (Standard) ☹
> Oh, well, I know & I don´t use X-Code as well. I take the small version of
> that: xcode-select --install
> (It installed only the command-line tools, header, etc. for using their
> own c-compiler)
>
> Hm, I never used "Homebrew" - I come from the UNIX - World and I like the
> command-line 😊.
> Well, I can create the files for R via "make" - after them it breaks the
> installation ☹
>
> Best regards....
>
>
> Herzlichst grüßt Sie das HPC - Team
>
>
>
> i.A.  Matthias Krawutschke
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el using lisse.NA>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Januar 2020 10:18
> An: Matthias Krawutschke <krawutschke using uni-potsdam.de>;
> R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
> Cc: el using lisse.NA
> Betreff: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Using R on MacOS Catalina.....
>
> Matthias,
>
> A Mac with Catalina and a small hard disk?
>
> I use the Homebrew package manager and while there is a short delay
> between R and Homebrew this works out very well.  It has two options, one
> with out the app, which is what I use because I for GUI I use RStudio
> exclusively.
>
> There is really no need to compile from source :-)-O XCode is huge, though
> the XCode command line tools are required.
>
> Gruss aus dem Süden :-)-O
>
> el
>
> On 28/01/2020 11:05, Matthias Krawutschke wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am new at this Mailinglist and I have a question about R on MacOS
> > Catalina.
> >
> > On your Website I had found a package for R. If I want to install it
> > on my MacBook – the program told me, that I can´t install the software
> > on an other volume like “system”…..  That is bad, because I had a
> > small Volume on my MacBook ☹
> >
> >
> >
> > If I want to compile the R-System new with GNU-C Compiler 9.2.0 – I
> > can “make” the files, but “make install” return it with an ERROR.
> >
> > So, did you have any ideas what kind of problems that here I had?
> >
> >
> >
> > I thank you very much for your assistance and have a nice day…..
> >
> >
> >
> > Herzlichst grüßt Sie das HPC - Team
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Matthias Krawutschke
> [...]
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Byron Ellis (byron.ellis using gmail.com)
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