On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Jean Jang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apologies, I forgot to include the message from the Terminal: > > jeans-macbook-104:~ jean$ R > > R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) > Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > ISBN 3-900051-07-0 > Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/i386 (32-bit) > > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > > Natural language support but running in an English locale > > R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > Type 'contributors()' for more information and > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. > Type 'q()' to quit R. > > [Previously saved workspace restored] > > > That certainly seems to be a proper load so you can just use that to finish things up, but I'd strongly recommend you go to r-project.org and install the newest version of R directly from the official binaries. That hopefully will fix things up. Also, look into a good backup solution like Dropbox. Michael > > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
