R devel - Jul 2004 - help.start() not able to run (PR#7040)

Full_Name: Matthew Krause
Version: 1.9.1
OS: Mac OS 10.3.4
Submission from: (NULL) (194.78.187.114)


To whom it may concern:

I cannot get "help.start()" to work after installing the latest
version of R (v
1.9.1).  I had no problems with this when running the previous version (v1.8). 
In the R Console window, the following dialogue appears in the latest version:
> help.start()
Making links in per-session dir ...
If /usr/bin/open is already running, it is *not* restarted, and you must
    switch to its window.
Otherwise, be patient ...
> 
The console.log window then displays:

dyld: /usr/bin/open version mismatch for library: /usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
(compatibility version of user: 9.0.0 greater than library's version: 8.0.0)
dyld: /usr/bin/open version mismatch for library: /usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
(compatibility version of user: 9.0.0 greater than library's version: 8.0.0)

What can be done to remedy this situation?

Thank you in advance for your advice.

Respectfully,

M. S. Krause

On Jul 1, 2004, at 6:10 PM, msk@scientiaterrae.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Matthew Krause
> Version: 1.9.1
> OS: Mac OS 10.3.4
> Submission from: (NULL) (194.78.187.114)
>
> dyld: /usr/bin/open version mismatch for library: 
> /usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> (compatibility version of user: 9.0.0 greater than library's version: 
> 8.0.0)
> dyld: /usr/bin/open version mismatch for library: 
> /usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> (compatibility version of user: 9.0.0 greater than library's version: 
> 8.0.0)
>
> What can be done to remedy this situation?
sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libxml2*

libxml2 should *NOT* be installed in /usr/local on Panther machines as 
it's already present in the system.
The libxml2 package is optional and is meant for Jaguar *only* since is 
older that the one already installed in Panther (see ReadMe).

Cheers,
Simon