Re: [R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread Andrew Miles
R works great on my Mac. In fact, the user interface in some ways seems to be more friendly (ex. you type an open parenthesis, it automatically includes a close parenthesis; color coding for coding files, etc.) Andrew Miles On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:49 PM, David Cross wrote: I have had no p

Re: [R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread David Cross
I have had no problems with R on my Mac ... just download, install, and run ... let me know if you have any problems. Cheers David Cross d.cr...@tcu.edu www.davidcross.us On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Tiffany Kinder wrote: Hello, Is R very compatible with a Mac? A colleague of mine indi

Re: [R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread David Winsemius
On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Tiffany Kinder wrote: Hello, Is R very compatible with a Mac? Very compatible. I have been using it as my work machine for the last 2.75 years and several of the regular contributors to rhelp are also running Macs. Rock-solid. Better memory management than W

Re: [R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread Joshua Wiley
Dear Tiffany, R works wonderfully with Macs (and *nix and Windows). The main program should be all you need, but if you have any doubts or concerns, here is the link to download R from the website for Mac OSes: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/ If you are just getting started using R, it is

Re: [R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread Ista Zahn
In my experience R runs just fine on the Mac. For basic use you don't need to do anything special whatsoever. Just install R as you would any other program. If you need to install packages from source you will probably want to install Xcode. Other Mac FAQs are at http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macos

[R] R on a ma c

2010-10-14 Thread Tiffany Kinder
Hello, Is R very compatible with a Mac? A colleague of mine indicated that everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. What do I need to download? I have downloaded the basic R package. Thanks, -- Tiffany Kinder MS Student Department of Wa