Thanks for your reply! Me? Panic?! Never, I have only been working on
this project for 2.5 years! :)
I was originally in R (the older version) and then I clicked on update
an option from the Top Tool bar, it brought me to an R page and I
clicked on update latest version for Mac OS X. I don't think I went to
the CRAN R installer website and did not know to do so but do not
remember visiting 'homebrew'.
I just tried launching from the Terminal and it did not work, the same
default appeared and asked me if I wanted to relaunch again.
Please advise, Jean
On 6-Oct-12, at 10:38 AM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Jean Jang <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi R-listers,
I just tried updating my R and now I can't even open it and it is
prompting me to relaunch then relaunch just reappears. And it will
not
open R. I am afraid I may have lost my scripts.
What should I do? I am running a MacBook OS X Version 10.5.8
1) Restore the entire system to an earlier date?
2) Drag R from applications and reload R program (updated version)?
Will my script files still show up if I do either of these options
this?
Please advise. Jean
Hi Jean,
We'll need some more information about what you did and how you went
about doing it.
Firstly, did you use the CRAN R installer or did you do something
"unofficial" like homebrew?
Second, can you launch R from the Terminal? [1] If so, it's likely a
GUI problem and not a problem with R itself.
Thirdly, don't panic. If you saved your scripts in a reasonable place
(e.g., anything under your home directory) the R installer shouldn't
have touched it.
Cheers,
Michael
[1] If you don't know how to do this, click the "Applications" stack
in your dock. Then utilities. Then Terminal. A window (likely white
with black font) will appear; type "R" (no quotes) into it and hit
enter.
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