I too would vote for a 1 2 3 set of install instructions, maybe for 32bit and 64bit if they differ
I did the 123 below and 1-the were many messages during install like " x Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/Resources/share/texmf/: Can't update time for Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.9/Resources/share/texmf: Operation not permitted, but 2-2.9.2 seems to function OK after simple testing; is that warning insignificant 3-R.app available at http://r.research.att.com/ is 5426 but 5455 32 and 64 bit available at http://r.research.att.com/R-GUI-5455-2.9-leopard-Leopard.dmg as per 8/6/09 r-sig-mac discussion so I put in 5455; but why 5426 here and 5455 there? Thank you Loren Engrav, MD U Washington > From: David Winsemius <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:52 -0400 > To: Steve Lianoglou <[email protected]> > Cc: r-help <[email protected]>, ivo welch <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] [R] 64-bit OSX binary for 2.9.2 > > > On Sep 14, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Steve Lianoglou wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sep 14, 2009, at 11:44 AM, ivo welch wrote: >> >>> dear R wizards: I am looking for a binary package distribution of >>> R 2.9.2 >>> for OSX . Looking at http://r.research.att.com/ , there seems to >>> be only a >>> binary for 2.9.0 . is the 2.9.2 version binary package available >>> somewhere? (at this point, would it make sense to elevate the 64- >>> bit >>> version to a "standard recommended" rather than just a "boutique" >>> version?) >> >> There isn't a *.pkg / *.dmg install for it, but it's there. In this >> section: >> >> Universal nightly builds for Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard) >> >> Third row in the table: >> >> http://r.research.att.com/R-2.9-branch-leopard-universal.tar.gz >> >> You have to inflate it at the root of your HD. The text right below >> the d/l table tells you how to do that: >> >> """Alternatively you can use the tar-ball (*.tar.gz) which must be >> unpacked in the root (e.g. tar fvxz R*.tar.gz -C /), but doesn't >> contain the GUI (see below for a separate download).""" > > The problem may arise for *NIX-newbies ( a group in which I still > claim membership) that they are unable to operationalize that > message. For one thing they may not even know how to open a Terminal > window. For another they may not know that the "/" at the end of that > command will take care of "unpacking at the root", so they will not > need to navigate away from the place that they find themselves when > Terminal opens up a bash session. The steps broken down would be > something along these lines: > > First : Download the nightly build, and select "Save to file" rather > than opening with Stuffit, and then it by default should end up in the > <user>/Downloads/ folder. > > 1. a-c) Go to the Utilities folder of the Applications folder and > double-click on Terminal.app > 2. a) Go back to the browser and select the string: tar fvxz > R*.tar.gz -C / > > (I would solicit some input here from more competent UNIXers regarding > whether one would ever need to prefix this command with sudo.) > > 2. b) cmd-C to put it in the clipboard > 2. c) click on the Terminal window and cmd-V to paste-in that command. > 2 d) use the arrow and backspace keys (since mouse-clicking does not > change the cursor position in Terminal sessions) to delete the > "R*.tar.gz" on the command line. > > 3 a) Navigate with the Finder to the Downloads/ folder and locate the > R<build>. Click-drag that file to the Terminal window and > "unclick" (or is it lift-click) when the pointer is at the place on > the command line where the "R*.tar.gz" used to be. A full path version > of the file name will get inserted (an no quotes are needed, unlike > what one might expect after working in R regularly.) > > On my machine, one now sees this on the command line: > tar fvxz /Users/davidwinsemius/Downloads/R-2.9-branch-leopard- > universal.tar.gz -C / > > 4) Hit <return> > > Sit back and watch the show. > > You can the separately download the appropriate R-GUI and put in in > the /Applications/ folder. > >> >> You'll have to install the R.app GUI separately if you want to use >> the 2.9.2 install, otherwise I think the 2.9.0 *.pkg installer >> includes it, though I'm not sure. > > It does, In fact, it has both the 32 bit GUI and the 64 bit GUI. What > I did was install that package _first_ which gave me 2.9.0 and then > performed the steps above. You really would not want to do it in a > reversed order, since you would be replacing R 2.9.2 with R 2.9.0. > > And of course this message _should_ have gone to [email protected] > and any follow up should trim the r-help address. > > -- > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
