Help ! I am a graduate student in statistics, nearing the end of my first semester, and recently discovered R, but cannot figure out how to install it on my Mac. I am currently running OS 10.1.1, and know next to nothing about Unix or anything related. I would like to install this program on my Powerbook, as it come highly recommended, so I can use it for a class next semester. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
For a start, try the Macintosh version. It is carbonized, so it will run under 10.1.1 as expected. It comes as a usual Macintosh self extracting archive. If you need features not provided by the Macintosh version (e.g. if you need INSTALL or other specialfeatures), use the proper MacX version. You have to install the files in your UNIX search path. To use the MacX version, you need XWindows (either xfree or the commercial version XTools from Tenon will do). Public software like Xfree is available from <http://fink.sourceforge.net/> or <http://gnu-dawin.sourceforce.net/> The only trick seems to be that you need dylib on your machine. Check for Jan de Leeuw's message on "Re: [R] dylib error" in the r-help mailing list. More background information is given in Jan de LEEUW'S ARTILE IN R NEWS VOL 1/3. See <http://cran.R-projects/doc/Rnews/> gs. At 06:11 +0100 19.11.01, Wiley Rittenhouse wrote:>Help ! I am a graduate student in statistics, nearing the end of >my first semester, and recently discovered R, but cannot figure out >how to install it on my Mac. I am currently running OS 10.1.1, and >know next to nothing about Unix or anything related. I would like >to install this program on my Powerbook, as it come highly >recommended, so I can use it for a class next semester. Any help >would be greatly appreciated. > >-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- >r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html >Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" >(in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch >_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
If you are not a unix hack, and just want to play around with R, try dowloading the precompiled binaries at: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macos/ Be sure to read both the Macintosh and standard FAQs. Otherwise, if you want to compile the unix source yourself, you will need to: 1) install a compiler (i.e. apple developer tools) 2) install a fortran compiler (g77 patch for the apple developer tools can be found at http://www-jlc.kek.jp/~fujiik/macosx/10.1.X/ and http://floyd.liunet.edu/~gkhanna/hpc.html) or install f2c (fortran -> C converter). 3) install Xwindows. Either a binary package or build from the XFree Source see http://www.xfree86.org and http://www.xdarwin.org. 4) compile R. Should be easy if you managed to do steps 1-3 and read the Install directions/Readme files './configure; make; make install' Much of the above code can be compiled (relatively) painlessly using fink see http://fink.sourceforge.net/. I'd recommend the first method unless you are familiar with programming or are very motivated to *learn* unix development. On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Wiley Rittenhouse wrote:> Help ! I am a graduate student in statistics, nearing the end of my > first semester, and recently discovered R, but cannot figure out how to > install it on my Mac. I am currently running OS 10.1.1, and know next > to nothing about Unix or anything related. I would like to install this > program on my Powerbook, as it come highly recommended, so I can use it > for a class next semester. Any help would be greatly appreciated.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
I'm also using the Mac OSX/unix version of R. I went into the doc
subdirectory of the installation and dragged index.html to the dock. Now I
can get help up by clicking on that icon (this may not get help in the
browser when you type help(x) in the R session, but I've never gotten used
to doing it that way).
For good measure, I copied the R logo from cran and replaced the standard
"web page" icon I got when I put index.html on the dock.
Hope this helps,
Matt
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Well I finally managed to get Xdarwin and R running on my Mac under
OSX. Having turned my Mac into a UNIX box is a bit disconcerting but
. . .
My problem now is how to get help to run - either as html or via R. I
am sure it is my stupidity but any suggestions would be most welcome.
By the way if I run Stefano's OS9 R binary (current version) I can't
seem to get the eps of any graphics into my Latex program ( using
graphics.sty or graphix.sty). The text goes wonky. Has anyone else
noticed this problem - and if so is there a fix?
These are of course minor grips about a wonderful language.
Jan
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