installing the R extension for studio 6.3 on a mac

I recently installed the R extension on a Mac.  I followed the onscreen instructions. The only thing I had to do that required a little "look up" on my part was editing my .profile text file.

-Steve

I still can't get it to work on my MacBook Air running OS X 10.10.2

I had installed the R extension once before but never got it to work successfully.  I tried it again and here are my steps.

1. Installed RapidMiner
2. Installed R
3. Installed RStudio
4. Opened RStudio
5. > install.packages(c(“rJava”, “JavaGD”))
    > library(rJava)
    > library(JavaGD)
6. opened Terminal
7. $ cd ~/
    $ touch .bash_profile
    $ open -e .bash_profile
8. added the following lines to .bash_profile
    export R_HOME=/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
    export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
                  --- or ---
    export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.6)
9. $ . .bash_profile
10. checked my work by
    $ echo $R_HOME
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
    $ echo $JAVA_HOME
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
      <<<I also tried version 1.7>>>
11. started RapidMiner and the R console did not show up
12. removed the R extension
13. shut down and restarted RapidMiner
14. installed the R extension
15. went into preferences, hit the R tab
16. set the JRI library files to
          /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/rJava/jri/libjri.jnilib
15. shut down and restarted RapidMiner
16. still no R console

Hi,

sadly installing the old R extension can be a pain or simply refuse to work for some reasons. I'm afraid I don't know hot to help you with your exact problem right now, but we have been working on something which will make using R (and getting it to work in the first place) significantly easier, and it's not far away.
All I can say right now is: stay tuned for the next Studio release coming very soon

Regards,
Marco

Hi Marco,

That's good news.  Thanks for the heads up.

-Steve

Hi,

the new Studio release 6.4.0 is now live. I suggest downloading the all new OSX application and then searching our Marketplace for "R Scripting". This is the new extension which allows you to integrate R scripts into your process workflow without much hassle.
The old R Extension is no longer supported going forward from Studio 6.4 and will only remain for Studio 6.3 and earlier.

Regards,
Marco