Cool, let us hope this 123 lasts for a time, I must store it I sudo tar'd it and the warnings went away
Will go on with 5455s as the 5426s fail on this Snow Leopard Thank you -- Loren Engrav, MD Professor and Chief, Plastic Surgery, 1977-2001 Associate Director, Burn Center, 1977-2001 Univ Washington Seattle > From: Steve Lianoglou <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:54:05 -0400 > To: Loren Engrav <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] [R] 64-bit OSX binary for 2.9.2 > > Hi, > > On Sep 14, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Loren Engrav wrote: > >> I too would vote for a 1 2 3 set of install instructions > > David's post should have all-but-nailed it ... some comments in line: > >> , maybe for 32bit and 64bit if they differ > > They don't. The R that you install following the instructions below is > a universal build, so 32bit and 64 bit (ppc + intel) are all installed. > > R is then launched in 32 bit or 64 bit mode by the command line args > sent to it on launch. The various GUI's (if you go that route) take > care of this for you. The 64 bit gui are the ones w/ 64 at the end of > their download link, eg: > > * http://r.research.att.com/R-GUI-5426-2.1-leopard-Leopard.dmg (32 > bit); vs > * http://r.research.att.com/R-GUI-5426-2.1-leopard-Leopard64.dmg (64 > bit) > > If you launch R from the terminal, it defaults to 32bit. > > If you want to launch R form the terminal in 64bit, you would do: > > For intel: > $ R --arch x86_64 > > For ppc: > $ R --arch ppc64 > >> 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 > > Long version: > > This is because you need to run the "tar" command as a user who has > privileges to write to the directory that the files are being > uncompressed to. > > Short version: > > 2c of David's commands should be: > > 2. c) click on the Terminal window and > (i) Type (without quotes): "sudo " > (ii) Paste in the tar command: cmd-V to paste-in that command. > > So, the command to execute at 2c in your terminal is: > > $ sudo tar fvxz R*.tar.gz -C / > > I would do this again to ensure you have all of the 2.9.2 "parts" in > there (ie, don't assume that everything was OK when you did it and got > all those "permission denied" warnings/errors). > >> 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? > > I don't have an answer for that, 5455 is a later build of the .app, so > if it's working for you, I guess just go ahead and keep using that > one. Otherwise, fall back to the one on the site. > > Hope that helps some, > > -steve > >> >> 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 > > -- > Steve Lianoglou > Graduate Student: Computational Systems Biology > | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center > | Weill Medical College of Cornell University > Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
