PCRE2 built with -disable-jit (JIT is buggy on macOS).This is no longer the case, the following libraries are not present in most recent macOS (or are too old) and have to be installed before R can be compiled:

Old versions of R provided fall-back versions of dependend libraries. If you choose one of those package managers, make sure you compile everything using those tools including R and all packages and libraries you intend to use.Īdditional information on the OpenMP page is available for those interested in OpenMP support which is not supported by Apple, but still possible with additional libraries. Although it is possible to compile R using tools from other package managers such as Homebrew, MacPorts or Fink, such binaries are by definition incompatible with macOS native libraries and applications. NOTE: In order to retain compatibility with native R we recommend using above tools. You can download an installer package (242MB) - for more details and other download options see R 4.3.0 and higher uses universal GNU Fortran 12.2 compiler. Unfortunately Xcode doesn't contain a Fortran compiler, therefore you will have to install one. R and some contributed package require a FORTRAN compiler. Which installs Xcode command line tools which are sufficient to build R (however, if you want to also build the R.app GUI you do need the full Xcode installation). On modern macOS versions you can simply use Older versions are available in the 'more' section of the Developer pages (Apple developer account necessary). Xcode can be obtained from Apple AppStore and the Xcode developer page.

In order to compile R for macOS, you will need the following tools:

Install xcode mac