Good evening folks, Here is how to install R on OSX 10.9 Mavericks as of 2014-06-01T19:29:55-0500:
brew install gcc brew tap homebrew/science brew install R Details: gcr@orion:~> gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. gcr@orion:~> r --version R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) -- "Spring Dance" Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.2.0 (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License versions 2 or 3. For more information about these matters see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. Via: http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/8626/how-to-install-r-on-osx-10-9-mavericks-as-of-2014-06-01t192955-0500 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 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote: > peter dalgaard <[email protected]> writes: > >> On 22 May 2014, at 10:53 , Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> peter dalgaard <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> On 22 May 2014, at 00:32 , Vincent Goulet <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok, I'm biased here, but for me (and my students!) the simple procedure >>>>> is: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Install the R binary from CRAN; >>>>> >>>>> 2. Install my Emacs distribution for OS X that comes bundled with ESS: >>>>> http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs/mac >>>> >>>> 2a. (variant) Install Aquamacs, which also comes with ESS and AUCTeX. >>> >>> There are differning opinions about Aquamacs (Macified version of emacs >>> and bundled with some packages) or emacs - I decided (after using Linux >>> for several years) to use emacs, due to >>> >>> 1) compatibility with other OS (different config files for emacs and >>> Aquamacs) >> >> Hmm, maybe. I try not to go beyond the things that are settable via >> Customize, and that seems to be pretty much the same as in plain Emacs >> (and Emacs itself has changed things between versions too.) Except for >> a few TeX convenience settings (electric braces, math mode on by >> default) what I change is mostly machine-specific anyway (fonts, >> modifier keys). > > My statement is based on reading and on initial tries to get Aquamacs > working with my config which I failed, while the normal emacs loaded the > config from linux immediately (after the packages required were installed). > >> >>> 2) Same keyboard shortcuts between OS >> >> For the common things, you actually have both the Mac and the Emacs >> Shortcuts available. I.e., you can either mark out a region and do c-w >> / c-y or cmd-x / cmd-v to cut and paste. It is mostly a matter of self >> discipline to avoid the standard commands. > > Agreed here. > >> >>> 3) newer versions of emacs then used in Aquamacs >>> >> >> Currently, both are at 24.3. The emacs that ships with Mavericks is at 22.1, >> though. > > Yes - currently. > > and don't get me started on the default versions included on the mac - > it sometimes sounds like a technology museum of ancient computer history > ... > > But as I said below, I am sure Aquamacs will do the job as well and > possibly faster to get going then traditional emacs. > > Cheers, > > Rainer > >> >>> But I am sure Aquamacs makes some things easier then using emacs, but I >>> think emacs fits better tigether with the idea of using homebrew, while >>> Aquamacs fits better to the approach of using native Mac installers. >> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > > -- > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
