As far as I can see it, those are two problems. The "default locale" and the language problem. I have exactly the same, I am using Mac OSX 10.6.8.
I have also tried installation of packages. When installing a package I get a related error message: *tar: Failed to set default locale* if I enter * Sys.getlocale()* the results is *[1]="C"* so, I guess I have to tell R that the default system disk it shall work with is "Macintosh HD" ... but how do I do that? Additionally I have this language/ASCII problem, and the help suggested by the R Cran Project (to enter *defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG 'en_US'.UTF-8*) does not work. I get the message *Error: unexpected symbol in "defaults write"* I am new to R and just installed it onto my computer, after a basic training course ... maybe someone could help us? Thank you, Norma -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/UTF8-tp873280p4361777.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
