Prof Brian Ripley <[email protected]> writes: > On 21/05/2014 23:42, Dan Tenenbaum wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Vincent Goulet" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Grant Rettke" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:32:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Best installation approach of R on Mavericks for >>> Emacs/Homebrew users? >>> >>> Ok, I'm biased here, but for me (and my students!) the simple >>> procedure is: >>> >>> 1. Install the R binary from CRAN; >> >> I agree. I believe (correct me if I am wrong) that if you install R >> in any other way, including Homebrew, you cannot install and use >> binary CRAN and Bioconductor packages. Which means you have to have >> a development environment on your machine and you have to wait for >> every package to build from source. > > It is slightly wrong: you can build R from the sources emulating how > it is done for CRAN (and r.research.att.com): then type = > "mac.binary.mavericks" will work. But very few people would have a > need of that.
And I don't think that homebrew is doing this actually. > > However, the coverage for the Mavericks binary packages on CRAN is > still not as good as for Snow Leopard, and if you primarily use binary > packages we recommend the Snow Leopard CRAN binary. The benefits of > the Mavericks build come when installing packages from sources. > >> Dan >> >> >>> >>> 2. Install my Emacs distribution for OS X that comes bundled with >>> ESS: http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs/mac >>> >>> 3. Enjoy. >>> >>> Envoyé de mon iPad >>> >>>> Le 2014-05-21 à 15:37, Grant Rettke <[email protected]> a >>>> écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm working on setting up a new to me OSX machine with R. My >>>> preference is >>>> via Homebrew, with which I'll >>>> be using Emacs and ESS. Looking out for trouble, I tried to do a >>>> little >>>> legwork first of all to see what is the status quo for installing R >>>> on >>>> Mavericks. There are more than a few options and I am wanting to >>>> get your >>>> feedback on what worked for you, and if you happened to follow any >>>> of these >>>> directions. Here is what I found: >>>> >>>> https://onote2.github.io/2013/12/04/install-r-on-mac-os-x-109-mavericks/ >>>> >>>> The simplest. Looks great. >>>> >>>> http://davidsimpson.me/2013/02/26/installing-r-on-os-x/ >>>> >>>> Also simple. >>>> >>>> http://zmjones.com/mac-setup/#R >>>> >>>> Also quite simple. >>>> >>>> http://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/#step-1 >>>> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science/issues/427 >>>> >>>> Sometimes things go wrong? >>>> >>>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/ >>>> >>>> If all else fails, or perhaps are any of you Emacs users using this >>>> instead >>>> of Homebrew? >>>> >>>> It looks pretty straightforward at this point; just wanted to talk >>>> to some >>>> other folks and see what worked for them. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Grant Rettke | AAAS, ACM, ASA, FSF, IEEE, SIAM, Sigma Xi >>>> [email protected] | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ >>>> “Wisdom begins in wonder.” --Socrates >>>> ((λ (x) (x x)) (λ (x) (x x))) >>>> “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to >>>> stop >>>> taking it seriously.” --Thompson >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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