R help - Nov 2008 - UTF8

Hi,

I am trying to get R 2.8.0 for Mac OS from CRAN, but I thing I am
doing something wrong because when R starts I have annoying error
messages:

During startup - Warning messages:
1: Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
2: Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
3: Setting LC_TIME failed, using "C"
4: Setting LC_MESSAGES failed, using "C"
WARNING: You're using a non-UTF8 locale, therefore only ASCII
characters will work.
Please read R for Mac OS X FAQ (see Help) section 9 and adjust your
system preferences accordingly.

I have tried all suggestions in such section 9 but still get the same
error message. If you can give me some another suggestion It would be
very nice.

Sincerely,

Denise Duarte
UFMG- MG- Brazil

As far as I can see it, those are two problems. The "default locale"
and the
language problem. I have exactly the same, I am using Mac OSX 10.6.8. 

I have also tried installation of packages. When installing a package I get
a related error message: 

*tar: Failed to set default locale*

if I enter
* Sys.getlocale()* 
the results is 
*[1]="C"*

so, I guess I have to tell R that the default system disk it shall work with
is "Macintosh HD" ... but how do I do that? 

Additionally I have this language/ASCII problem, and the help suggested by
the R Cran Project (to enter

 *defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG 'en_US'.UTF-8*) 

does not work. I get the message 

*Error: unexpected symbol in "defaults write"*

I am new to R and just installed it onto my computer, after a basic training
course ... maybe someone could help us? 
Thank you,
Norma

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Hi, 

I just found the solution to the problem in the following posts: 

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2008-October/005395.html

AND

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2010-February/007106.html

Now everything works. 

cheers
Norma




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