[R] R software installation problem

[R. Michael Weylandt]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Andy Siddaway
<andysiddaway at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sarah,
>
> Thanks for your email. I'll describe the problm but without the screenshots
> then.
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> Firstly, I think I’ve correctly installed R.
>
> I have installed R for Windows via the R site, CRAN and then UK –
> University of Bristol or UK – Imperial College London. Both times, I have
> installed the ‘base’ version. I installed the 64-bit version, which I’m
> running (I’ve got Office 2010).
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>
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> When installed, R appears to be same (in terms of the menus and layout) as
> the screenshots shown as part of youtube R installation tutorials - except
> for the following (error?) message, which I have exactly copied and
> pasted below. This message is displayed in the R Console box and I cannot
> close this box or open a new script:
>
>

That's not an error message; it's the regular 'welcome to R' message.

Not on though, so no comments on new script / closing boxes and all that.

Cheers, MW

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> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) -- "Trick or Treat"
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> Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
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> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
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> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
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> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
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> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
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>   Natural language support but running in an English locale
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> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
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> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
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> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
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> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
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> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
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> Type 'q()' to quit R.
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> This ‘Trick or Treat’ message also appears (in the Console box) when I
> downloaded RStudio.
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> Any tips or guidance on resolving this problem would be really appreciated!
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> Many thanks,
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>
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> Andy Siddaway
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> On 25 February 2013 00:10, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> This list strips most forms of attachments.
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>> Instead, you need to tell us what OS and version you're using, how
>> you're trying to install, and what's going wrong, in detail.
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Andy Siddaway
>> <andysiddaway at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear R-help,
>> >
>> > Please could I have some quick guidance on what I'm doing wrong when
>> trying
>> > to instal R software? (I have read the R-FAQs and instructions, and
>> watched
>> > youtube instructional videos on installing R, but they didn't help)
>> >
>> > I've attached screenshots to hopefully make what I've done clearer.
>> Basically,
>> > R doesn't seem to be installing correctly and I can't figure out why.
>> It's
>> > probably a simple error which a non-(complete)-novice would notice.
>> >
>> > Thanks very much,
>> >
>> > Andy Siddaway
>> > Trainee Clinical Psychologist
>> > University of Hertordshire (UK)
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sarah Goslee
>> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>>
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