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
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