Installing and running TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R on a Mac

TERR provides a .dmg format file, which you can download and use to install TERR on an Apple macOS computer system.

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As of TERR 6.0, support for TERR on the Mac is deprecated and is no longer tested.

Download the file TIB_terr_version.number_macosx_x86_64.dmg to your Mac.
Find the file in your download folder, and then double-click it to display the installer icon.
Double-click the icon to run the installer.
Follow the installer steps, supplying a password if prompted to do so.
TERR is installed on your Mac.
Open a Terminal window.
At the command prompt, type terr.
A TERR session starts. You can now type TERR commands at the command prompt.
Optional: At the TERR prompt, type help.start().
A browser session is started, and the help page for TERR is displayed.

If you use RStudio for Mac, you can configure it to use the TERR engine, also. For more information, see Configuring RStudio Mac desktop edition to run the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R engine.