On May 27, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > On 28/05/2010, at 8:32 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > > <SNIP> > >> But now, seriously, why don't use just follow the instructions and do >> exactly the following (copy/paste): >> >> rm -rf /tmp/build >> mkdir /tmp/build >> cd /tmp/build >> curl -O http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/src/base/R-2/R-2.11.0.tar.gz >> tar fxz R-2.11.0.tar.gz >> mkdir R-x86_64 >> cd R-x86_64 >> ../R-2.11.0/configure r_arch=x86_64 CC="gcc -arch x86_64" \ >> CXX="g++ -arch x86_64" F77="gfortran -arch x86_64" \ >> FC="gfortran -arch x86_64" OBJC="gcc -arch x86_64" \ >> --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib >> make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` >> >> >> >> Your only technical issue was that fink was messing up your system, but now >> that it's gone, all you need to do is to use the regular instructions from >> FAQ/R-admin like all other people. > > > Well, that worked. At last. Thank you. > > But I ***do*** follow instructions.
All I'll say is that a simple search in the archives is the first thing anyone should do before posting here and if one did it would save a lot of time for everyone: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html But don't plan to comment on this thread further. Cheers, Simon > I had been following instructions, > and they weren't working. These instructions are slightly/subtly different > from what I had previously been told to do. > > As to the ``regular instructions from FAQ/R-admin'' --- that's all very well > if you know where to look and what the relevant issues are. When you don't, > it makes searching for a needle in a haystack trivial by comparison. > > Thanks again for getting my problem sorted. > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > ###################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. > > This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal > www.marshalsoftware.com > ###################################################################### > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
