If your Mac has an Intel chip, you need to install gfortran v8.2 (for Mojave) independent of your macOS version.

MacOS will download and install the Xcode CLT (it will take a while, make sure you have a stable internet connection). To install the Xcode Command Line Tools, run the following in the Terminal (open Finder > Applications > Terminal, type in the following command and press ENTER): xcode-select -install If you have important configurations you want to keep, you can try to put the files back after you completed the installation of brms and checked that everything works fine.

Renviron, copy them to your desktop and delete the original copies from your home directory. Now search among the hidden files and if you see a folder named. to show hidden files (i.e. files starting with a full stop. If you don’t know what these files are or if you have them, go to Finder > Go > Home, which takes you to your home directory, and press SHIFT + CMD +. To configure the C++ toolchain on macOS, you just need to install the Xcode Command Line Tools and gfortran.įirst, if you have the files ~/.R/Makevars and/or ~/.Renviron, save a copy in a different location (like your desktop) and delete them. If you have already installed brms and its dependencies before, then you can skip the installation and just check that everything works by running example(stan_model, package = 'rstan', run.dontrun = TRUE) in the console.

Configure the C++ toolchain (needed for Stan).

The instructions vary depending on your operating system, so check out the section that is relevant to you. The following sections explain how to configure and install further software that will be necessary for workshop activities. Please, download RStudio or update it to the latest version. We also highly recommend installing RStudio, as we will provide you with interactive RMarkdown files as additional resources that are best viewed and used in RStudio. (If you have macOS with an M1 chip, make sure to install R 4.1.0 for arm64) To install/update R, find the installation disk depending on your operating system here. We will not be able to provide support for R versions earlier than 4.0. This combo will ensure a smoother installation process and use. ⚠️ IMPORTANT! We very strongly recommend you to update R to 4.x and RStudio to the latest release.

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