[R-SIG-Mac] Install r-devel with homebrew?

[Rainer M Krug]

Thanks Patrick. This is working, and I can start r-devel.

I am aware that some say that there are problems with homebrew, but I have never experienced any. 

Thanks,

Rainer



> On 23 Mar 2020, at 15:24, Patrick Schratz <patrick.schratz using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Rainer,
> 
> Be aware that the homebrew build of R used a different underlying C standard (if that is the correct way to name it?) which may cause issues when compiling certain packages from source.
> I think most people in this mailing list do not recommend it.
> In addition, you might want to change your compiler to an openmp enabled clang one.
> 
> I use a small script which installs R-dev:
> 
> wget https://mac.r-project.org/el-capitan/R-devel/R-devel-el-capitan-sa-x86_64.tar.gz <https://mac.r-project.org/el-capitan/R-devel/R-devel-el-capitan-sa-x86_64.tar.gz>
> sudo tar fvxz R*.tar.gz -C /
> rm R-devel-el-capitan-sa-x86_64.tar.gz
> 
> Cheers, Patrick
> On 23. Mar 2020, 15:09 +0100, Balamuta, James Joseph <balamut2 using illinois.edu>, wrote:
>> Rainer,
>> 
>> Download the R-devel build from http://mac.r-project.org
>> 
>> The build is available under "Universal nightly builds for Mac OS X (10.6+ and 10.9+)" table.
>> 
>> R-devel-el-capitan-sa-x86_64.tar.gz (67Mb)
>> http://mac.r-project.org/el-capitan/R-devel/R-devel-el-capitan-sa-x86_64.tar.gz
>> 
>> R-devel-el-capitan-signed.pkg (77Mb, installer incl. GUI)
>> http://mac.r-project.org/el-capitan/R-devel/R-devel-el-capitan-signed.pkg
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> JJB
>> 
>> On 3/23/20, 9:06 AM, "R-SIG-Mac on behalf of Rainer M Krug" <r-sig-mac-bounces using r-project.org on behalf of Rainer using krugs.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I know - homebrew is not a supported installation approach to R, but I am asking anyway:
>> 
>> Is there a way of installing r-devel via homebrew? Otherwise, what is the easiest way of getting r-devel on my Mac, without interfering with the homebrew install?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Rainer
>> 
>> 
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