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

Fri Jun 9 00:20:45 CEST 2023

On 6/8/23 09:33, DePaolis, Fernando wrote:
> �well�here it goes again�it failed just now. This is the message I get when I try to run R from the command line on my mac

You were advised to try using Disk Utility / First Aid. Have you done so 
yet?

  (You are getting intermittent errors accessing base packages. So this 
may just be a flakey disk sector.)

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David.

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> During startup - Warning message:
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> package �datasets� in options("defaultPackages") was not found
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> Error in loadNamespace(name) : object 'pkgInfo' not found
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> In loadNamespace(name) : package �compiler� has no 'package.rds' in Meta/
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> Fatal error: unable to initialize the JIT
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> There was no �message� of any sort when trying to run R.app. There was a brief flickering (like quick blinking) but nothing else.
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> Thank you!
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> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
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> Middlebury Institute of International Studies<http://www.middlebury.edu/institute> at Monterey
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> From: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepaolis using middlebury.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 9:13 PM
> To: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org>
> Cc: r-sig-mac using r-project.org <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Serious problem with R on macOS
> Hi Simon,
> You're right, I didn't post it...I'll make sure I do next time it happens...it's working fine for now...
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> Thank you.
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> Fernando DePaolis
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> Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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> Fernando,
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> I don't think you posted the error you get when running R on the command line - can you copy/paste what you get when running R in the Terminal? Similarly, do you also get an error when running the R app (in Applications)?
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> Cheers,
> Simon
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>> On 6/06/2023, at 6:32 AM, DePaolis, Fernando <fdepaolis using middlebury.edu> wrote:
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>> Uwe Ligges (from CRAN sys admin) recommended that I post this to the list.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
>> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
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>> Associate Professor
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>> 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
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>> Hello,
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>> 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.
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>> I�ve tried everything I can think of, and the problem persists�and haven�t found any satisfactory feedback online either.
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>> Have you ever heard of a problem like this? Or do you have any suggestions?
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>> Thank you so much for your support.
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>> Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D.
>> Dean of Academic Operations & Integration
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>> Associate Professor
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>> Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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