Hum... Best I can think of is to take the hint (from Simon Urbanek) and move the .pkg file from Downloads and into another folder before installing. Some system cleaner-upper or virus checker could be moving stuff around. You haven't perchance some virus scrubber running which might be restoring your executable directories to a previous state?
You might want to make a note of the location and ownership of installed files, like in Peters-Air:R pd$ ls -l `which R` lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47 Jun 6 17:41 /usr/local/bin/R -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R Peters-Air:R pd$ ls -l /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R -rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 9196 Apr 21 23:47 /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R and then, if/when it stops working, see if files have disappeared or changed owner or permissions. -pd > On 6 Jun 2023, at 18:05 , DePaolis, Fernando <fdepao...@middlebury.edu> wrote: > > OS: Ventura 13.4 (22F66) > Downloaded R-4.3.0-x86_64.pkg from CRAN > Installation: Successful…everything works fine > Suggestion to move the installer to Trash: Declined (because I know I will > need the installer again). > CRAN suggests reinstalling Xquartz, which I did a few times on the onset of > the symptoms (I don’t do that anymore because there sems to be no point to > it). > Use: I only use RStudio and everything works fine, until at a random time a > few days later (or hours in a few instances), RStudio fails to ‘find R’, > which doesn’t run on its own or from the console. > Possible emerging conflicts: At the beginning, I thought this could be > happening because other software were install afterward, but that is not the > case. > Looked for alternatives: I couldn’t find any reference online, so I suspect > this is quite specific to my machine and/or environment. About the > ‘environment’, I cannot think of anything, as no changes have been made, > except for routine updates (which is unlikely, but not impossible to have > undesirable effects). > > > Thank you > > > > Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D. > Dean of Academic Operations & Integration > Associate Professor > Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Sent from Outlook for Mac –MacBook Pro] > My working hours (US Pacific time zone) may not be your working hours. Please > do not feel obligated to respond outside your normal work hours, unless > otherwise indicated. > > From: peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 8:48 AM > To: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepao...@middlebury.edu> > Cc: Calboli Federico (LUKE) <federico.calb...@luke.fi>, > r-sig-mac@r-project.org <r-sig-mac@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Serious problem with R on macOS > > [You don't often get email from pda...@gmail.com. Learn why this is important > at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > OK, so > > - OS version? > - What do you do to install? > - What happens when you do it? > > e.g.: > > - Monterey 12.6.5 > - Downloaded R-4.3.0-x86_64.pkg from CRAN > - As user with admin privilege, open from Downloads folder and follow > instructions > - "The installation was succesful" > - Close, move to bin. > > I gather that on newer OS, you may need to move the installer out of > Downloads first. > > > -pd > > > > On 6 Jun 2023, at 17:07 , DePaolis, Fernando <fdepao...@middlebury.edu> > > wrote: > > > > Thank you all…it is not an RStudio issue. I cannot run R from its app or > > the command line…It is certainly an R issue. > > Next time it ‘uninstalls itself’ I will try to install it on another user > > and see what happens (although I have already tried to install it ‘just for > > me’ or for all users). > > > > Thank you again, > > > > > > Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D. > > Dean of Academic Operations & Integration > > Associate Professor > > Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [Sent from Outlook for Mac –MacBook Pro] > > My working hours (US Pacific time zone) may not be your working hours. > > Please do not feel obligated to respond outside your normal work hours, > > unless otherwise indicated. > > > > From: Calboli Federico (LUKE) <federico.calb...@luke.fi> > > Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 12:54 AM > > To: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepao...@middlebury.edu>, r-sig-mac@r-project.org > > <r-sig-mac@r-project.org> > > Subject: Re: Serious problem with R on macOS > > > > You don't often get email from federico.calb...@luke.fi. Learn why this is > > important > > If you can use R.app or R on the terminal, it is a R studio bug. Have you > > tested? Also, ‘reinstall’ works best after removing all actual files, such > > as the whole ~/.R, all the ~/.R* files, and whatever R studio might add. > > > > BW > > > > F > > > > Federico Calboli > > Tutkija > > Genomiikka ja jalostus > > Luonnonvarakeskus > > > > Uwe Ligges (from CRAN sys admin) recommended that I post this to the list. > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D. > > Dean of Academic Operations & Integration > > Associate Professor > > Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [Sent from Outlook for Mac –MacBook Pro] > > My working hours (US Pacific time zone) may not be your working hours. > > Please do not feel obligated to respond outside your normal work hours, > > unless otherwise indicated. > > > > From: DePaolis, Fernando <fdepao...@middlebury.edu> > > Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 10:19 AM > > To: cran-sysad...@r-project.org <cran-sysad...@r-project.org> > > Subject: Serious problem with R on macOS > > > > Hello, > > For a few months now, I’ve been having an odd and rather annoying problem. > > I use RStudio and it frequently cannot start R, producing the error message > > attached below. This is clearly not the, as I worked on it the night before > > or even just a few hours earlier. What is clear is that R is not available > > on my system, although all the files are still there (in > > /Library/Frameworks/R.framework). It could be that a critical file becomes > > corrupted, or the system can’t find it. I have not been able to determine > > whether that is the case, or which file could be affected. I might have > > re-installed R dozens of times in the last month. This is something that > > never happened in the previous more than 15 years of using R. > > > > I’ve tried everything I can think of, and the problem persists…and haven’t > > found any satisfactory feedback online either. > > Have you ever heard of a problem like this? Or do you have any suggestions? > > > > Thank you so much for your support. > > > > > > <image001.png> > > > > > > > > Fernando DePaolis, Ph.D. > > Dean of Academic Operations & Integration > > Associate Professor > > Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [Sent from Outlook for Mac –MacBook Pro] > > My working hours (US Pacific time zone) may not be your working hours. > > Please do not feel obligated to respond outside your normal work hours, > > unless otherwise indicated. > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-sig-mac&data=05%7C01%7Cfdepaolis%40middlebury.edu%7C5cc979bc4733413d516e08db66a57063%7Ca1bb0a191576421dbe93b3a7d4b6dcaa%7C1%7C0%7C638216633105243505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CnoJt2MouLOzMY%2Fy2S9kxHy0lweEXf5bZQ97sfZu5uQ%3D&reserved=0 > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Office: A 4.23 > Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com > -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
