If you are experiencing difficulties with the RStudio Desktop IDE, then finding your RStudio application logs may help you get to the bottom of your problem. To browse the directory containing the logs, you can do the following:
From within RStudio Desktop IDE:
Help Menu -> Diagnostics -> Show Log FilesOr if RStudio Desktop IDE is not starting:
Windows:
You can open an Explorer window to the log file directory by typing the following command into Start -> Run:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\RStudio\log
Mac OS X:
You can open a Finder window to the log file directory by typing the following command at the Terminal:
open ~/.local/share/rstudio/log
Linux:
The log file can be found in this directory:
~/.local/share/rstudio/logYou can open it with a file browser or the text editor of your choice.
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