Hi Carl,
1) Yes, Mac OS says R is not responding. But it's just being busy, it will
respond again later.

2) No, I tend to download from the graphical user's interface that is
provided under the Mac environment. Otherwise, I have also used biocLite()
from the command line. In most cases you may not need to download the
package manually.
HTH
Massimo


On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Carl Witthoft <carl@witthoft.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>  Hello,
>>
>> I've recently installed R (version 2.9.0) on my Mac OS (Leopard). I'm
>>  using the Mac R.app application. Upon start up this works fine,  however if
>> I try to load several packages the application simply hangs  (even after
>> leaving it alone for an hour).
>>
>>
>  From: Massimo Pinto <pintarello@gmail.com>
>>
>
>  I was under the same impression when I first installed and started to use
>> R
>> for Mac. However, the system believes that R it's hung, but in reality
>> it's
>> not. You just have to be patient. Sometimes installation requires download
>> of several tens of Mb of source/binary packages.  Try with a tiny one from
>> the command line, using biocLite(), for example. You should see R back to
>> response soon.
>> Massimo
>>
>>
> So, a couple things to check:
>
> From the force-quit monitor (cmd-option-escape), does your mac identify R
> as "not responding"?
>
> Have you downloaded the packages so you can install from your local
> directory?
>
>
> Carl
>
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Massimo Pinto
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