[R-SIG-Mac] New {macrtools} package to help setup compiled code environments on Intel and ARM-based macs

[Adrian Dușa]

 Congratulations!
Xcode CLI, Gfortran, and R developer binaries have been installed
successfully.

I suppose everything is now alright.

Best,
Adrian

On 24 Mar 2023 at 10:37:19, "Balamuta, James Joseph" <balamut2 using illinois.edu>
wrote:

> Adrian,
>
>
>
> Thanks! Unfortunately, this is a hiccup with the download portion of the R
> Developer binaries [1] from the {recipes} system on CRAN [2]. It looks like
> the system might have been in mid-update or we overloaded it with download
> requests. Ewk! I’ll try to see if we can meter the requests with a .1
> second delay or so.
>
>
>
> If you re-run in a few moments the installation command:
>
>
>
> macrtools::macos_rtools_install()
>
>
>
> Only the development binaries from the {recipes} system will be installed.
> (Xcode CLI and gfortran will be skipped as they are now both installed and
> configured.) These binaries are mainly if you want to compiled R from
> source.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> JJB
>
>
>
> [1]: https://mac.r-project.org/bin/
>
> [2]: https://github.com/R-macos/recipes
>
>
>
> *From: *Adrian Dușa <dusa.adrian using unibuc.ro>
> *Date: *Friday, March 24, 2023 at 1:23 AM
> *To: *Balamuta, James Joseph <balamut2 using illinois.edu>
> *Cc: *r-sig-mac using r-project.org <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [R-SIG-Mac] New {macrtools} package to help setup compiled
> code environments on Intel and ARM-based macs
>
> Just went through the commands, on a new MacBook Pro with M2 Max, MacOS
> Ventura 13.2.1
>
> I already had Xcode CLI installed, and the gfortran installation went well
> until it stopped at the icu binary:
>
>
>
> Downloading binary:
> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgKYrgDfM$>
> ...
>
> trying URL '
> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgKYrgDfM$>
> '
>
> Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 11923364 bytes (11.4 MB)
>
> =====================
>
> downloaded 4.9 MB
>
>
>
> Error in utils::download.file(url, save_location, quiet = !verbose) :
>
>   download from '
> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgKYrgDfM$>'
> failed
>
> In addition: Warning messages:
>
> 1: In utils::download.file(url, save_location, quiet = !verbose) :
>
>   downloaded length 5095370 != reported length 11923364
>
> 2: In utils::download.file(url, save_location, quiet = !verbose) :
>
>   URL '
> https://mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mac.R-project.org/bin/darwin20/arm64/icu-71.1-darwin.20-arm64.tar.xz__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgKYrgDfM$>':
> Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
>
>
>
> Not sure if it helps, but still reporting.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Adrian
>
>
>
> On 24 Mar 2023 at 10:04:25, "Balamuta, James Joseph" <
> balamut2 using illinois.edu> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Hope all is well.
>
> About a month or so back, we revisited the **unofficial** macOS R
> compilation toolchain setup wizard with a focus on making it more
> maintainable without an Apple developer subscription. The result is the new
> {macrtools} R package. You can learn more about it here:
>
> GitHub: https://github.com/coatless-mac/macrtools
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/coatless-mac/macrtools__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgIYJRnkw$>
> Documentation: https://mac.thecoatlessprofessor.com/macrtools/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mac.thecoatlessprofessor.com/macrtools/__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgEHZj8Q8$>
> Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fckF0fefXQ
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fckF0fefXQ__;!!DZ3fjg!9LMgelsxLau-BxmqYfTzEgA5QxjuoqHFp02eITeYGSW7nC7z5UaC3sVUyHrNEViohimWHrssIYGDOTdLx7mgluEy5Rk$>
>
> The package setups the required components for the macOS R compilation
> toolchain on both Intel-based and Arm-based macs with just the issuance in
> R of:
>
> macrtools::macos_rtools_install()
>
> This will attempt to install:
>
>  *   Xcode CLI
>  *   gfortran
>  *   R Development binaries
>
> We’re grateful for the early testing feedback from both Bob Rudis and Adam
> H Sparks related to ARM-based macs and Simon Urbanek’s help with unpacking
> binaries as well as the install user prompt best practices note. (Note:
> This is not an endorsement from Simon or CRAN. This is an **unofficial**
> project to support macOS users who are not familiar with command-line
> tools.)
>
> We hope this improves the experience in setting up the compilation
> toolchain and lowers the barrier of entry for using packages like RStan and
> RcppArmadillo.
>
> Best,
> JJB
> ---
> James J Balamuta, Ph.D.
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Department of Statistics
> Office of the CIO – Innovation Scholar and Advisor
> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
>
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> Adrian Dusa
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