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Red-R for Mac OS?

Submitted by soltarie on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 07:55
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I am running R on a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.3. Is any version of Red-R compatible with this OS?

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there is a request for Red-R

Submitted by MySchizoBuddy on Thu, 11/18/2010 - 20:43.

there is a request for Red-R on macports.
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27377

All the dependencies are already in macports

Installer for Mac

Submitted by anupparikh on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 09:12.

We have not had time to work on installers for mac or linux. We need someone to help make these and maintain them.

We'll let you know as soon as we make progress.

Ay news on this topic? I

Submitted by jsimoes on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 01:04.

Any news on this topic? I would love to have it running on my Mac without having to install windows..

Submitted by nsicad on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 19:16.

Xcode is in the Snow Leopard DVD. You don't need to download it. It is big file if you download it.

Submitted by nsicad on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 16:40.

I think it easier to run python2.6 and Red-R in Mac OS X than to install linux in Mac. Python2.6 is already included in the Snow Leopard 10.6.x.

If you have a good broadband / wireless connection use macports to install pyqt,numpy and other dependencies that is required by Red-R. If not, then you can download the individual packages if they are available.

I did mac os x python packages installation in my 3 boot(xp, os x 10.6 and ubuntu 9.10) laptop (gone stolen).

http://guide.macports.org/

Noli

Submitted by anupparikh on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 16:57.

Hi soltarie,

I have put in some effort the get red-r working on mac os x 10.6.

NOTE: I have not gotten this to work on my system yet... So please give it a shot and let me know if it works for you.

You need to install xcode to get the python development environment. http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/xcode.html

instructions to install pyqt:
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/27/pyqt-snow-leopard

numpy:
sudo easy_install -U numpy

You still need PyQwt5 which I think you can get from fink.

Anup

Submitted by nsicad on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 15:10.

I think it easier to run python2.6 and Red-R in Mac OS X than to install linux in Mac. Python2.6 is already included in the Snow Leopard 10.6.x.

If you have a good broadband / wireless connection use macports to install pyqt,numpy and other dependencies that is required by Red-R. If not, then you can download the individual packages if they are available.

I did mac os x python packages installation in my 3 boot(xp, os x 10.6 and ubuntu 9.10) laptop (gone stolen).

http://guide.macports.org/

Noli

Submitted by covingto on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 08:44.

Hi soltarie,

The answer kind of depends on how much effort you want to put into setting it up (at the moment).

Red-R will work on mac os x.

What you will need to do is download the linux .tar file and untar it somewhere on your machine. Then get all the dependencies for Red-R (check the linux install readme page on the website). Install them for MAC and set everything up.

Then you should be able to start Red-R using python by running the red-RCanvas.pyw file (again, as indicated in the linux documentation).

Anup () is working on making an installer for MAC and one may be available in the future (we really need someone to help us with this so if anyone can or knows someone who can develop for the MAC version that would be really great).

I'm not sure if things have been tested extensively on MAC in terms of running Red-R and working with widgets.

As a second resort you could run in linux on your mac or just run windows on the mac and use the windows version.

Again, if anyone can help with the mac version that would be great because none of the current developers know a lot about mac or making python applications for it.

Kyle ()