(If you cannot find it there it was possibly installed elsewhere so try searching for it in Spotlight.) This is usually referred to as R.APP to distinguish it from command-line R: its user manual is currently part of the macOS FAQ at and can be viewed from R.APP‘s ’Help’ menu.ģ The installer puts links to R and Rscript in /usr/local/bin.

There is a GUI console normally installed with the R icon in /Applications which you can run by double-clicking (e.g. from Launchpad or Finder). There are two ways to run R on macOS from a CRAN binary distribution. (Some of these packages may be unsigned/not notarized: to install those Control/right/two-finger click, select Open With and Installer.)įor building R from source, see macOS. Installers for R-patched and R-devel are usually available from. If you update your macOS version, you should re-install R (and perhaps XQuartz): the installer may tailor the installation to the current version of the OS. Note that the installer is clever enough to try to upgrade the last-installed version of the application where you installed it (which may not be where you want this time …).Ģ At the time of writing, version 2.8.5 or later. The full output (select “Show All Log”) is useful for tracking down problems. If you encounter any problem during the installation, please check the Installer log by clicking on the “Window” menu and item “Installer Log”. Note for Ventura users: installation from the Downloads folder may not be allowed or may require additional authorization, so we suggest you download somewhere else such as your desktop or home folder. The ‘Texinfo’ component is only needed by those installing source packages or R from its sources.) (The ‘Tcl/Tk’ component is needed to use package tcltk. This currently shows four components: everyone will need the ‘R Framework’ component: the remaining components are optional. At the ‘Installation Type’ stage, note the option to ‘Customize’. To install, just double-click on the icon of the file you downloaded.

It is important that if you use a binary installer package that your OS is fully updated: look at ‘Software Update’ in ‘System Preferences’ to be sure. 1 You may be asked to install Rosetta at first use – – which may need administrator privileges.

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