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

[Spencer Graves]

       I haven't followed this entire thread, but I'm running macOS 
10.15.2 Catalina on a 2014 MacBookPro, and I haven't had problems 
downloading the latest version of R.  Roughly a month ago, I clicked 
"R-3.6.2.pkg" on "https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/".  It 
downloaded to my "Downloads" directory.  Then I double-clicked on it, 
and it opened.  I can't remember, but I may have had to click and drag 
the icon to the "Applications" folder.  And I may have had to enter my 
password to assure macOS that it was OK to run that application.  I may 
have had problems with this a few years ago, but I haven't had a problem 
recently.  However, I may misunderstand your question.


       Spencer Graves


On 2020-01-28 23:58, Patrick Schratz wrote:
> Why not use the official installer and adjust the installation path?
>
> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/
>
> Also allows multiple versions being installed, all from the CLI (but I
> guess guess it's a normal desktop machine and you can just use the gui
> installer).
>
> 256GB is a normal size for a disk, don't see the problem. 90% of all macs
> probably don't have more.
>
> Homebrew R differs slightly from the official R installer and might cause
> problems in some cases.
>
> Matthias Krawutschke <krawutschke using uni-potsdam.de> schrieb am Di., 28. Jan.
> 2020, 20:15:
>
>> Thank you so much for you assistance.
>>
>> My problem is not solved, because I must install R, etc. on a different
>> Volume like SYS-Volume & I can´t find this option under "homebrew".....
>>
>>
>> Best regards from Berlin, Germany
>> Herzlichst grüßt Sie das HPC - Team
>>
>>
>>
>> Matthias Krawutschke
>>
>> Universität Potsdam
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>>
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>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el using lisse.NA>
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Januar 2020 11:09
>> An: Byron Ellis <byron.ellis using gmail.com>; Matthias Krawutschke <
>> krawutschke using uni-potsdam.de>
>> Cc: el using lisse.NA; R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
>> Betreff: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Using R on MacOS Catalina.....
>>
>> For me it usually had to resort to the latter when there were connectivity
>> issues (more common in Namibia than in Potsdam :-)-O).
>>
>> And maybe once or twice when I wanted to try something special.
>>
>> It also has a 'cask' option with which it installs apps so I do
>>
>> brew install r
>> brew cask install rstudio
>>
>>
>> All in all rock solid.
>>
>> el
>>
>> On 28/01/2020 11:43, Byron Ellis wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
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