> On 2 Apr 2020, at 10:15, Patrick Schratz wrote:
>
> AFAIK most people on that list would vote hard against installing R via
> homebrew for several reasons - maybe there should be a section about this on
> the R dev / CRAN page to address this topic, @Simon? Otherwise this will come
> up
I do same, including Rstudio (Cask).
Once in a while after major updates I need to reinstall all my extra
packages, so I have written me a little script along the lines of
#!/usr/local/bin/Rscript
local({
r <- getOption("repos")
r["CRAN"] <-
I am using Homebrew on a Mac (two Macs - one at home, one at work) instead of
the official R package, and I did not have any problems after upgrades - maybe
I am lucky, maybe not as picky in defining “problem”, but my suggestion would
be to try R from homebrew to install R.
OK - no support
On 01/04/2020 2:48 p.m., Carl Witthoft wrote:
If I should ask over at r-sig-debian instead of here, please tell me.
I don't wish to clog r-sig-mac with off-topic stuff.
I've been watching the massive headaches people are dealing with trying
to keep R fully compatible with each MacOS X
Actually, you can easily run Linux in Virtual Box.
But I agree, with Homebrew there is tons of unix tools available from the
command line, and then some.
el
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On 1 Apr 2020, 23:42 +0200, Simon Urbanek , wrote:
> Carl,
>
> I would argue that you won't really
Carl,
I would argue that you won't really gain anything - if you use R the Linux-way
(build R from sources), it would be the same on macOS and Linux - and some
people do that. So for R I don't think there is a difference. I'm using Linux
for everything other than my desktop/laptop and the main
My 2 cents: Just go for the inexpensive desktop + Linux. Debian-based or
RedHat-based distros are great for developing R/Bioconductor packages.
I've been maintaining/troubleshooting package builds on
Linux/Windows/Mac for 15 years and Linux is **by far** the easiest
platform to deal with.
As you are asking about R experience from Unix-alike OS users, I think
you would clearly do better to ask on the - debian and/or -fedora
sigs.
Bert Gunter
"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
and sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his
If I should ask over at r-sig-debian instead of here, please tell me.
I don't wish to clog r-sig-mac with off-topic stuff.
I've been watching the massive headaches people are dealing with trying
to keep R fully compatible with each MacOS X upgrade, I'm wondering
whether replacing my
