R Update - FAILED- HELP!!!
Hi Thanks for your attention. I avoided updating because I heard of similar problems. But found I had to execute certain things. I can't find the R download in the folder I initially tried but I remember it telling me that it could not finish because the program was in use. I found this R icon next to my applications folder and it is Rstudio 0.96.331 but says modified 27 Aug 12 - not sure if this is the version I tried today. I do not know how to 'R --vanilla' I would like to be able to run RStudio this is what I know of and was running from before. I downloaded the latest version of R from the CRAN website (R-2.15.1 signed.pkg) and restarted. But the RStudio icon I had in my dock will still not launch. Now in my applications folder I have RStudio (big blue ball) and two icons for 'R' - one with just 'R' the other with 'R64'. Should I be putting some of these in the trash? What should I do now? Jean
On 6-Oct-12, at 12:11 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
On 06/10/2012 22:12, Jean Jang wrote:
Apologies, I forgot to include the message from the Terminal: jeans-macbook-104:~ jean$ R R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
Please try installing a current version of R from CRAN: that is several versions old and 2.15.1 is current (and 2.15.2 imminent). Do you know what version you updated from? Had I been Michael I would have asked you to start R with 'R -- vanilla': one possibility is that the startup files have got corrupted or need updating for the updated R.
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That's one file you may need to get out of the way.
On 6-Oct-12, at 10:38 AM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Jean Jang <jeanwaijang at gmail.com> 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.
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