

The front page of a CRAN site has a link ‘Download R for OS X’. Click on that, then download the file R-3.4.2.pkg and install it. This runs on macOS 10.11 and later (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, …). Installers for R-patched and R-devel are usually available from. (Some of these packages are unsigned: to install those Control/right/two-finger click, select ‘Open with’ and ‘Installer’.)įor some older versions of the OS you can in principle (it is little tested) install R from the sources (see macOS). (If using XQuartz, check that is current.) It is important that if you use a binary installer package that your OS is fully updated: look at ‘Updates’ from the ‘App Store’ to be sure. To install, just double-click on the icon of the file you downloaded. At the ‘Installation Type’ stage, note the option to ‘Customize’.

This currently shows four components: everyone will need the ‘R Framework’ component: the remaining components are optional. The ‘Texinfo’ component is only needed by those installing source packages or R from its sources.) (The ‘Tcl/Tk’ component is needed to use package tcltk. If you encounter any problem during the installation, please check the Installer log by clicking on the “Window” menu and item “Installer Log”.
