Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl, R & OS X

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Henrique wrote: > Em 27 de novembro de 2009 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; escreveu: >> >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Henrique wrote: >> >>> I can't start R from Gretl (Menu -> Tools -> Start GNU R) on >>> my Mac (Snow Leopard). The command to launch is "xterm -e R". What's >>> wrong? >> >> You tell us: try doing "xterm -e R" at a command prompt and see >> what the error message is. My guess is that R is not in your >> PATH. > > Using OS X Terminal the command "xterm R" returns no error (X11 > and R initialize and work fine). Another way to have R working > is through command: "xterm > /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R". When I try to start R > inside Gretl nothing happens. In gretl, try going to /Tools/Preferences/General, and the Programs tab, and change the "Command to launch GNU R" to: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -e R This works on OS X 10.4.11. (Broken Mac setup: /usr/X11R6/bin is not in the default path even after installing X11.)