This message reports a problem, and its solution. I found the solution while posting. Since others may have the same problem, I am continuing with the post.
PROBLEM I am having a different problem than the one that others have reported (e.g. http://www.nabble.com/Problem-Installing-2.6.0-on-Mac-tf4778736.html#a13674247). Whether I try to install R as a whole, or individual packages, the installer has a problem near the end. The message is as follows. <pre>Install Failed The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact the software manager for assistance.</pre> I looked at the installer script and found the error message as follows. <pre> Dec 2 16:14:40 Macintosh pkgExtractor[5356]: BomFileError 62: Too many levels of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib </pre> SOLUTION A quick check shows that, indeed, /usr/local/lib is messed up. It is an infinite link to itself. But, another directory /usr/local/lib 1 seems to be the original directory, that was moved aside by something. (I think that something was a failed installation of MacPorts, based on the directory creation time, but that's onlly a guess.) So, the workaround is to sudo rm /usr/local/lib followed by sudo mv /usr/local/lib\ 1 /usr/local/lib (Note the use of backslash to protect the space in the directory name.) After this, I found that I can install the individual packages (gfortran etc) or the whole R application, without problem. Other information: I've recently upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. There was a pre-existing R on the system. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem-installing-2.6.1-on-OSX-Leopard-%28after-failed-MacPorts-install%29-tf4933141.html#a14119813 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.