[R-SIG-Mac] Missing R and RScript on /usr/bin/ on Big Sur

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 17/01/2021 23:01, Luis Puerto wrote:
> Hey!
> 
> I was and I realized after sending the email. But that path doesn't have also any R symbolic link either.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how many symbolic links to R binaries are there?

 From the manual

'The installer puts links to R and Rscript in /usr/local/bin. If these 
are missing (as they may be under ‘Big Sur’), you can run directly the 
copies in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/.'

(Footnote 25 in R-admin).

We don't know the exact circumstances when the installer fails (it 
worked for both my Big Sur machines, one upgraded and one new), but you 
can probably for link yourself.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers!
> Luis
> 
>> On 17 Jan 2021, at 23:34, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 17/01/2021 5:15 p.m., Luis Puerto wrote:
>>> Hey!
>>> I just installed the binary from cran for R-4.0.3 and for some reason I'm missing the R and RScript commands on terminal. I'm on Big Sur 11.1 and when I check if there are symbol links on /usr/bin/ related to R I find none.
>>> I'm not the only one https://stackoverflow.com/a/64920581/6888648 <https://stackoverflow.com/a/64920581/6888648>
>>> Does anyone experience this behavior too? If you have updated perhaps you still have those from previous releases, but in case this was a clean install since I decided to change from homebrew to the binary form cran.
>>
>> I'm not on Big Sur, but I see this:
>>
>>
>> $ which R
>> /usr/local/bin/R
>>
>>
>> So maybe you're looking in the wrong place?
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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