Thanks Jari & Tom I am, for the time being, using the CRAN build, but I might try the homebrew version later on.
Thanks a lot, Rainer Tom Hopper <[email protected]> writes: > Rainer, > > I've always used the official CRAN release and been quite happy. It might > depend on what other software you need to integrate with, but I've used a > bunch of front ends and run R (CRAN) from the command line with no problems. > > Regards, > > Tom > > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Jari Oksanen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 19/06/2013, at 12:40 PM, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > I am completely new to OS X (linux user up to now)- so please excuse my >> > ignorance. >> > >> > What is the best way to install R on OS X? Should I use something like >> > Macports [1]? Or should I install from the official release from the >> > cran site? >> > >> > What are the drawbacks of each? >> >> The drawback of macports is that it brings you trouble and sorrow. >> >> I don't know any drawbacks of using official CRAN releases. >> >> Cheers, Jari Oksanen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> -- Rainer M. Krug email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
