[R-SIG-Mac] macos 26 considerations

[Gábor Csárdi]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM Bill Evans via R-SIG-Mac
<r-sig-mac using r-project.org> wrote:
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> On 2026-02-22 09:15, Gábor Csárdi wrote:
>
> > I am 26.2 and everything works fine, no need to reinstall anything,
> > except maybe xquartz, which sometimes needs a reinstall after an
> > update. But xquartz works fine as well.
>
> Very interesting! I’m curious about the difference in your experience
> and Prof Murdoch’s, perhaps the rgl-dev work is more nuanced than you’ve
> tested in your use of xquartz? I wonder if xorg-server would be any
> better (since it is quite a bit newer) for that.

I don't use rgl or x11, so I indeed only ran `x11(); plot(1:10)` for a
minimal test, and opengl indeed does not seem to work if I try
library(rgl).

If I just install xorg-server and xinit, then R does not find the X
server when loading the R_X11 dll.

G.