R devel - Aug 2004 - R 1.9.1 fails to install for Mac 10.2.8 (PR#7190)

Full_Name: Steven Bagley
Version: 1.9.1
OS: Mac 10.2.8
Submission from: (NULL) (4.10.4.91)


Was running R 1.9.0 on iMac (10.2.8) without problems.  Tried to run installer
for 1.9.1, but this stops after only several seconds, saying "There were
problems installing the software."  Problem is repeatable, even after
repairing
file permissions.  Installation log file shown here:

R 1.9.1 Installation Log
	Target Selection
		_volumeAppeared: Adding volume Macintosh HD
		deactivate: removing all cells from _volumeMatrix
	Selected volume "Macintosh HD"
		Mounted at: /
		OpenFirmware: mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:5
		Partition type: HFS+
		Partition map: disk0s5
		Partition: 5
		Protocol: ATA
		Media Type: Generic
		Volume Size: 80019709952
	rm: 
	/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/Current
	: 
	Permission denied
	rm: 
	/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/R
	: 
	Permission denied
	rm: 
	/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
	: 
	Permission denied
	rm: 
	/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Headers
	: 
	Permission denied
	The preflight script in R framework failed.
	Install Failed
	Error detected
	Name: NSGenericException
	Reason: The preflight script in R framework failed. (code 1)

On Aug 19, 2004, at 6:30 PM, sbagley@ucla.edu wrote:
> Was running R 1.9.0 on iMac (10.2.8) without problems.  Tried to run 
> installer
> for 1.9.1, but this stops after only several seconds, saying "There 
> were
> problems installing the software." Problem is repeatable, even after 
> repairing file permissions.
This is repeatable only in your setup and if you really "repaired" 
permissions of R.framework it would go away ;) [Apple's DU doesn't do 
that AFAIR]. It seems that your R 1.9.0 uses different rights than 
1.9.1 which (depending on how you installed 1.9.0) may prevent the 
1.9.1 installer from having sufficient rights to delete the old 
version. The easiest way to solve this is to run
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/R.framework
in the Terminal, thus removing old R manually. Another possible fix is 
to bump up the authentication requirement of the installer from
"admin"
to "root" by editing the Info.plist ... which should be only done if 
you know what you're doing ;). We could do that in general if that 
bites more people...

Cheers,
Simon