Today's R-devel has a new target to the install proc. Try ./configure --enable-R-shlib --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack --with-tcl-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/tclConfig.sh --with-tk-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/tkConfig.sh --with-aqua make make install-aqua by first removing /Applications/StartR.app if you have already installed it. This version as also data.entry implemented as well as menu package installation helper. Please test it when possible. stefano