[R-SIG-Mac] "R" software for Mac - Silent installation question

[Simon Urbanek]

David,

I have no idea about "ManageEngine" - you may want to consult the support and documentation of the software you use. On macOS Apple Installer packages can be trivially "silently" installed with

installer -pkg R-4.4.2-arm64.pkg -target /

(prefix with sudo if not run as root). Please see Apple documentation on how to install software on macOS. Nothing about this is R-specific.

Cheers,
Simon



> On 28 Feb 2025, at 09:36, David Hernandez Ceballos <dhernan1 using iwu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear "R" Foundation rep,
> 
> We are trying to install the "R" software for Mac in silent more directly
> to the Mac device or creating a package in ManageEngine, whichever option
> is chosen, it fails, as follows:
> 
> - If we try to download and install the R-4.4.2-arm64.pkg package directly
> onto a MacOS
>  Silicon device from ManageEngine, the package gives us a “Installation
> failed” error.
> 
> - If we try to re-create a package in ManageEngine, using the
> R-4.4.2-arm64.pkg file, it
>  fails to upload in ManageEngine.
> 
> - When installing the R-4.4.2-arm64.pkg  itself from
> http://cran.rproject.org/bin/macosx/, the
>  application was able to download successfully with no errors. However, it
> is not a
>  silent installation
> 
> - We installed R on an Intel based processor, and the installation was to
> totally silent
> 
> - How can we get an R software silent installation on a Silicon based
> device?
> 
> - Is there a different URL we should use to download the correct R software
> .pkg for
>   Silicon based devices (Silent mode)?
>   If so, please share the URL
> 
> Please carbon copy dlin using iwu.edu on your reply.
> 
> We look forward to your feedback.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> David Hernandez
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> IT Support - AMES Library
> x 3886
> 
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