On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:10 PM, Jean Jang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > This might be a dumb question, but are you just referring to the line that says 'Type q() to quit'? That's absolutely nothing to worry about: just telling you how to quit when you're ready. It's the default startup message so I'm not sure how you could have not seen it in 2.5 years however... RMW > 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. > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
