Follow-up on Friendly Mac C++ installer does not work for me

Hello,

Every time I try to install Rstan to use brms I get an error message regarding the package “cli”. I believe this has something to do with not being able to configure the C toolchain, which is why I’m trying to follow the Getting Started with RStan instructions for configuring the C Toolchain for Mac.

@lizzieinvancouver recently posted a work-around for the problem many of us are having getting the C++ installer to work on a Mac. Her work-around is for setting up Rstan whereas I’m only interested in setting up Rstan so that I can use brms. Does anyone know whether following her instructions to give up on Rstan and use CmdStanR will work for me if the end goal is to use brms?

Thanks!

Madeline

  • Operating System: macOS Monterey

It is possible to use brms with cmdstanr, see Brms without rStan but with CmdStanR?

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