I get the following:

ghostscript
ghostscript-esp
ghostscript-
ghostscript-nox
ghostscript6
ghostscript6-



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Robert Wyatt <[email protected]>wrote:

> Well, you get xquartz from
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/X11-2.3.3.2.dmg
>
> You wouldn't need xorg-shlibs.
>
> You should be able to see ghostscript fonts. What do you get from
> fink --version
>
>
>
>
> Joe Caramagno wrote:
>
>> 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]<mailto:
>> [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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