R runs in emacs on the mac.  I use
GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of
2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org

with Vincent Goulet's distribution.  M-x R works.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Paul Hewson <paul.hewson@plymouth.ac.uk>wrote:

> typing R in the console gets the error "you don't have permission to use
> the application R".   the message is on a dialog box that pops up.
>
> the R gui though is marvellous, works fine.   Problem is I can't run r
> from aquamacs (same error message), or from make.
>
> R will though run as sudo, but that seems like a naughty workround.   But
> at least it suggests all the paths etc. are correct.
>
> Fairly sure this is all dumb newbie mac user, but I hope I'm not the
> first.   I couldn't see anything on any helplists anywhere.   The only
> thing close was to run the "repair permissions" which I've done and a email
> from you a couple of years ago about mac installer setting permissions.
> As I say, I think I've tracked the symlink itself as well as the files it
> links to /usr/bin/R is itself a symlink to R64.    All three users have an
> x when you do ls -l , they don't all have r and w.
>
>
> Thanks
> paul
> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
> Paul Hewson
> Editor, Teaching Statistics (www.teachingstatistics.co.uk)
> Associate Professor (SL) Statistics
> School of Computing & Maths
> Plymouth University
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>
>
> On 19 Oct 2012, at 22:05, "Simon Urbanek" <simon.urbanek@r-project.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Paul Hewson wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> I have just been given an institutional macbook - I'm very used to
> linux, but some apple things are baffling me (like the lack of sudo apt-get
> update and upgrade for example).
> >>
> >
> > It's called softwareupdate on OS X ... apt is specific to Debian, so,
> yes, OS X is not Debian :) Just install Debian on the MacBook if you don't
> want to be baffled, it's possible and some people that buy Macs just for
> the hardware do it.
> >
> >
> >> I've installed roasted marshmallows, it's very nice.   However, I can't
> run it from command line (or aquamacs) due to some permissions error.
> I've checked both R, the R64 and the symlink as described on the FAQ page.
>   All the permissions look OK (everyone seems to have x).
> >>
> >> The only thing I can think of is that I'm not in the admin group (and
> can't seem to put myself in that group).    Could this be a chmod issue or
> am I barking up the wrong tree completely.
> >>
> >
> > We can't tell because you omitted all useful information ... (what
> error? where? how do you start it?)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
> >> Paul Hewson
> >> Editor, Teaching Statistics (www.teachingstatistics.co.uk)
> >> Associate Professor (SL) Statistics
> >> School of Computing & Maths
> >> Plymouth University
> >> Drake Circus
> >> Plymouth PL4 8AA
> >> ++44 (0)1752 586870
> >>
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