Rainer,

I've always used the official CRAN release and been quite happy. It might
depend on what other software you need to integrate with, but I've used a
bunch of front ends and run R (CRAN) from the command line with no problems.

Regards,

Tom



On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Jari Oksanen <jari.oksanen@oulu.fi> wrote:

>
> On 19/06/2013, at 12:40 PM, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am completely new to OS X (linux user up to now)- so please excuse my
> > ignorance.
> >
> > What is the best way to install R on OS X? Should I use something like
> > Macports [1]? Or should I install from the official release from the
> > cran site?
> >
> > What are the drawbacks of each?
>
> The drawback of macports is that it brings you trouble and sorrow.
>
> I don't know any drawbacks of using official CRAN releases.
>
> Cheers, Jari Oksanen
>
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