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Using XQuartz - any known issues?

2 messages · William Michels, Simon Urbanek

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Hello,

Regarding R with XQuartz on Mac--I found one reference claiming that
after upgrading to MacOS 10.15 Catalina, users may be required to
re-install XQuartz. The MacOS Catalina installer moves/quarantines
prior XQuartz installations to a folder called "Relocated Items",
which may disrupt programs linking to XQuartz and expecting to find it
in the old location:

"Installing or Reinstalling XQuartz if Upgrade to macOS 10.15 Catalina
Causes Issues"
https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/Support/Self-Help-Tools/Help-Articles/Help-Articles-Detail/ArtMID/10220/ArticleID/23855/default

HTH, Bill.

W. Michels, Ph.D.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:25 PM <r-sig-mac-request at r-project.org> wrote:
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Bill,

that has been always the case. You have to re-install XQuartz with every macOS upgrade. There are many issues with Catalina, but at least this one is not new ;).

Cheers,
Simon