Hey Robert, Thanks for the help. I downloaded the R-2.9.1dmg from CRAN. Okay, so if xorg is not available for 10.5, then I'll have to use something else. Like you said, xquartz. But xquartz doesn't show up in my Fink Commander window either. And what about xorg-shlibs and ghostscript-fonts?
Joe On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Robert Wyatt <[email protected]>wrote: > Joe Caramagno wrote: > >> I am a new user and admittedly have no idea what I'm doing. That's why I'm >> following directions given to me by my professor. Here's my issue: I'm >> installing R on my macbook pro with leopard 10.5.7. As instructed, I >> downloaded R, aquamacs, the latest version Xcode, and the latest version of >> Fink. I was instructed to install the following packages in this order: >> xorg xorg-shlibs tetex tetex-texmf auctex xdvi ghostscript >> ghostscript-fonts gv ggv ispell >> xorg xorg-shlibs and ghostscript-fonts do not appear in the main window >> when I start Fink. I need to know if I absolutely need those packages to run >> R, or are they somehow automatically installed already, or is there some >> workaround I can employ. Thanks. >> >> Joe >> > > Hi Joe, > > I'm not an expert with r, so help me out here. > > Does your professor know there is a MacOS X (native) binary available? > http://cran.r-project.org/ > > When you "downloaded R" where did you get it (that is which file do you > mean that you downloaded)? > > The package (r-base) includes the following: > >> R.app no longer included in the R source distribution. To install, go to >> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/, download and install R-GUI.dmg. >> You will then need to edit Info.plist inside the app bundle to point to >> /sw/Library/R.Framework (instead of /Library/R.Framework). >> > > (But I don't find R-GUI.dmg at that location.) > > xorg is not available on 10.5... > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/xorg > > ... instead, users are now encouraged to use xquartz: > http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/Releases > > In your "fink window" (do you mean you are using Fink Commander?) do you > see r-base available? > > Best regards, > Robert >
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