On Apr 12, 2011, at 1:27 PM, justin boyd wrote: > I would like to install two versions of R on Mac OSX 10.6.7. > > The two versions I would like to install are 2.10.1 and 12.2.2 for use with > StatET in Eclipse. I have successfully installed and used each version > respectively with StatET in Eclipse. However, I have not been successful in > getting both of them configured for use on the same system. > > We know from the Read Me during the .pkg installation that R will over write > older versions. The installer recommends running: > > pkgutil --forget org.r-project.R.Leopard.fw.pkg > > to keep the previous versions. In addition, a reply (Mon Feb 9 15:31:19 CET > 2009) to a similar question in this form recommends using > > pkuntils --pkgs | grep r-project > > I "believe" that both of these commands run successfully. However, the next > installation of R still over-writes the previous version. >
Can you explain what you mean? There is no "overwriting" because each R version lives in a separate directory of the framework. They never overwrite each other even if you don't use pkgutils (if you don't Apple just *removes* the old R, it doesn't overwrite anything). Please make sure you have read R for Mac OS X FAQ - in particular 12.15 should be helpful. > The (Mon Feb 9 15:31:19 CET 2009) post also states to delete: > > ./Library/Receipts/R-Frameworks.pkg > > However, neither 2.10.1 or 12.2.2 create a R-Frameworks.pkg in > ./Library/Receipts/. > /Library/Receipts refers to older OS X (10.4 and earlier) and old builds of R (for those old OS). > I would be genuinely interested in obtaining detailed and organized > instructions on how to successfully install two versions of R on the same > system. > Well, to my best knowledge that's what's in the README. If anything is unclear about that, please explain. Cheers, Simon > It would also be great if those instructions were written in such a way that > a user with limited Linux experience could understand and implement them. > > Best, > Justin > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
