[R-SIG-Mac] R installation issue

[Calboli Federico (LUKE)]

To the best of my understanding, in life nothing works just because one tries to do it multiple times — conditions must change for success to come from failure.  Because computers especially do not change their settings based on multiple previous failed attempts to install a software, you must have changed something for the installation to work.  

We cannot say anything about this instance, but anybody with the same problem is well advised to provide a full information of what is going on, so we can help.  Also, a methodical approach in testing different things (different CRAN mirror download, different security settings, whatever) would help.

BW

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> On 28. Jan 2023, at 17.28, Zhengyang Xiao <xiaoz48 using mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your guys help. I tried to install it this morning, and It finally worked, but I still don’t know the reason. Anyway, I can use it now. 
> 
> Best regards 
> 
> Travis
> 
> 
> 
> Get Outlook for iOS
> From: Peter West <pbw using pbw.id.au>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2023 7:44:50 AM
> To: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley using stats.ox.ac.uk>
> Cc: R list <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>; Zhengyang Xiao <xiaoz48 using mcmaster.ca>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R installation issue   Sorry about that. I’m still on 12.6.2.
> 
> > On 28 Jan 2023, at 10:38 pm, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley using stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > On 27/01/2023 22:48, Peter West wrote:
> >> Installation of R 4.2.2 on my M1 just succeeded.
> > 
> > Yes, that has been very widely tested.  We don't know what OS you or the OP are running, though.
> > 
> > Machines with M2 CPUs are very new (like 1-2 days old) and are presumably running 13.1 or 13.2.
> > 
> > I have just re-installed 4.2.2 on Macs running Ventura 13.2 with M1 Pro and M1 Mac CPUs.  If I had a failure my first step would be to look at the Console logs (the Console App is under Applications/Utilities).  And I would make sure my OS was up-to-date (13.2 is also new this week).
> > 
> >>> On 28 Jan 2023, at 3:29 am, Calboli Federico (LUKE) <federico.calboli using luke.fi> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> What are your security settings?
> >>> 
> >>> BW
> >>> 
> >>> F
> >>> 
> >>>> On 27. Jan 2023, at 17.49, Zhengyang Xiao <xiaoz48 using mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hi, Adrian:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thank you for helping.
> >>>> My computer has M2 chip. I don’t have other computers.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Travis
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Get Outlook for iOS
> >>>> From: Adrian Dușa <dusa.adrian using unibuc.ro>
> >>>> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 8:23:24 AM
> >>>> To: Zhengyang Xiao <xiaoz48 using mcmaster.ca>
> >>>> Cc: R list <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R installation issue   Hello Travis,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Just a quick suggestion, from the screenshot it can be seen the installer is intended for the ARM architecture of MacOS.
> >>>> Do you have an M1 Apple or an Intel Apply computer? There are different installers for these two architectures.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>> Adrian
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 15:20, Zhengyang Xiao <xiaoz48 using mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> >>>> Hi, officers,
> >>>> I can't install R as the installer always shows 'The installation failed' as shown in the picture below. I have tried several times and restarted my computer, but it didn't work. The window says I should contact the software manufacturer for help, so I am here to ask for help. I am in a hurry to install it because I need it to finish my school assignment for the R-related course at my university. If you need any extra information, please email me, and I will respond as soon as possible.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I am looking forward to hearing from you.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>> 
> >>>> Travis Xiao
> > 
> > -- 
> > Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley using stats.ox.ac.uk
> > Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford
> > 
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