[R-SIG-Mac] Serious problem with R on macOS

[peter dalgaard]

OK, so

- OS version?
- What do you do to install?
- What happens when you do it?

e.g.:

- Monterey 12.6.5
- Downloaded R-4.3.0-x86_64.pkg from CRAN
- As user with admin privilege, open from Downloads folder and follow instructions
- "The installation was succesful"
- Close, move to bin.

I gather that on newer OS, you may need to move the installer out of Downloads first.
 

-pd


> On 6 Jun 2023, at 17:07 , DePaolis, Fernando <fdepaolis using middlebury.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thank you all…it is not an RStudio issue. I cannot run R from its app or the command line…It is certainly an R issue.
> Next time it ‘uninstalls itself’ I will try to install it on another user and see what happens (although I have already tried to install it ‘just for me’ or for all users).
>  
> Thank you again,
>  
>  
> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
> Associate Professor
> Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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> From: Calboli Federico (LUKE) <federico.calboli using luke.fi>
> Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 12:54 AM
> To: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepaolis using middlebury.edu>, r-sig-mac using r-project.org <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: Serious problem with R on macOS
> 
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> If you can use R.app or R on the terminal, it is a R studio bug.  Have you tested?  Also, ‘reinstall’ works best after removing all actual files, such as the whole ~/.R, all the ~/.R* files, and whatever R studio might add.
>  
> BW
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> F
>  
> Federico Calboli
> Tutkija
> Genomiikka ja jalostus 
> Luonnonvarakeskus
>  
> Uwe Ligges (from CRAN sys admin) recommended that I post this to the list.
>  
> Thank you.
>  
>  
>  
> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
> Associate Professor
> Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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> From: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepaolis using middlebury.edu>
> Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 10:19 AM
> To: CRAN-sysadmin using R-project.org <CRAN-sysadmin using R-project.org>
> Subject: Serious problem with R on macOS
> 
> Hello,
> For a few months now, I’ve been having an odd and rather annoying problem. I use RStudio and it frequently cannot start R, producing the error message attached below. This is clearly not the, as I worked on it the night before or even just a few hours earlier. What is clear is that R is not available on my system, although all the files are still there (in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework). It could be that a critical file becomes corrupted, or the system can’t find it. I have not been able to determine whether that is the case, or which file could be affected. I might have re-installed R dozens of times in the last month. This is something that never happened in the previous more than 15 years of using R.
>  
> I’ve tried everything I can think of, and the problem persists…and haven’t found any satisfactory feedback online either.
> Have you ever heard of a problem like this? Or do you have any suggestions?
>  
> Thank you so much for your support.
>  
>  
> <image001.png>
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>  
> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
> Associate Professor
> Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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