[R] Troubles installing Rcmdr on Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

what is wrong with installing Xcode’s command lime tools (not Xcode itself)?


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On 12 Jan 2021, 04:30 +0200, John Fox <jfox using mcmaster.ca>, wrote:
> Dear Stephane,
>
> I've taken yet another look at this and have an additional suggestion
> for your students to try:
>
> install.packages("Rcmdr", type="mac.binary")
>
> That should avoid any attempt to install Rcmdr package dependencies from
> source.
>
> I hope this helps,
> John
>
> On 2021-01-11 3:53 p.m., John Fox wrote:
> > Dear Stephane and Eberhard,
> >
> > As an addendum to my previous response, I uninstalled the Rcmdr package
> > and all of its direct and indirect dependencies and then reinstalled the
> > package -- on a macOS 11.1 system running R 4.0.3 with all other
> > packages up-to-date.
> >
> > I then reinstalled the Rcmdr and dependencies via the command
> > install.packages("Rcmdr"), and responded "no" when asked whether to
> > install some packages from source (perhaps this is the explanation for
> > the problem, if your students responded "yes" without having Xcode
> > installed).
> >
> > Following these steps, everything (still) works fine. I therefore can't
> > duplicate your students' problem, which makes it hard to suggest how to
> > fix it, without having some additional details.
> >
> > Best,
> >  John
> >
> >
> > On 2021-01-11 3:33 p.m., John Fox wrote:
> > > Dear Stephane and Eberhard,
> > >
> > > It should not be necessary to install Xcode (which includes otools) to
> > > install and use the Rcmdr package on macOS because it shouldn't be
> > > necessary to install the CRAN packages required from source. I'm
> > > currently running the Rcmdr on two macOS 11.1 systems, with all CRAN
> > > packages up-to-date, and don't have any problems.
> > >
> > > Stephane, have you and your students checked the Rcmdr installation
> > > notes (at
> > > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>)
> > > and followed the instructions there? If you have, and still experience
> > > this problem, it would help to have some more information about what
> > > they did to install the Rcmdr and what happened.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I'll try a fresh install of the Rcmdr and
> > > dependencies to see whether I encounter any difficulties.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >   John
> > >
> >
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