For me it usually had to resort to the latter when there were connectivity issues (more common in Namibia than in Potsdam :-)-O).
And maybe once or twice when I wanted to try something special. It also has a 'cask' option with which it installs apps so I do brew install r brew cask install rstudio All in all rock solid. el On 28/01/2020 11:43, Byron Ellis wrote: > Homebrew is Linux-style packaging for OS X. Think of it as an > equivalent to apt-get—either it will retrieve a binary or it will > attempt to build one. > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac