I just installed R-1.7.0 on our (solaris 2.9) system and was
pleasantly surprise by how well things went. The hang-ups that
occurred when I tried (and failed) to install R-1.6.2 did not show
up.
However there was one minor glitch: Some of the permissions on
the files in the installed version (in /usr/local/lib/R) were
wrong. E.g. here's a listing of /usr/local/lib/R/library:
===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+=={erdos}
/usr/local/lib/R/library ## ls -l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 KernSmooth/
drwxr-xr-x 13 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 MASS/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 608 Apr 16 15:52 R.css
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 base/
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 boot/
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 class/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 cluster/
drwx------ 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 ctest/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 eda/
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 foreign/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 grid/
drwxr-xr-x 12 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 lattice/
drwx------ 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 lqs/
drwx------ 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 methods/
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 mgcv/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 modreg/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 mva/
drwxr-xr-x 13 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 nlme/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 nls/
drwxr-xr-x 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 nnet/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 rpart/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 spatial/
drwx------ 10 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 splines/
drwx------ 9 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 stepfun/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 survival/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 tcltk/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 tools/
drwx------ 11 root 512 Apr 16 15:52 ts/
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You'll notice that a substantial number --- though not all --- of the
directories are executable/readable only by root. (I became root in
order to effect a system-wide install.) These directories include
the ***base*** (!) package, and if I am not mistaken consist of all
of the ``basic'' packages.
Likewise a number of files in /usr/local/lib/R/bin were accessible
only to root --- this includes the fundamental (!) R.bin.
I managed to do a global reset of the permissions fairly easily, but
I'm wondering --- is there a wee glitch in the installation procedure
for R-1.7.0, or did I muck something up, or is there a glitch in our
operating system? It seems funny that if there is a problem at my
end it only, selectively, hit these ``basic'' packages.
Has anyone else experienced permission problems like unto these?
System details:
===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+== >
version
_
platform sparc-sun-solaris2.9
arch sparc
os solaris2.9
system sparc, solaris2.9
status
major 1
minor 7.0
year 2003
month 04
day 16
language R
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cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca
