I've downloaded and installed R 1.9.0 under OS X 10.3.3. I then removed my previous R 1.8.0 installation by following the instructions in the readme file, e.g., 1. drag the "StartR" icon into the Trash; 2) go inside your Home directory and search for the Library folder. Inside the Library folder in your Home directory you'll find a RAqua directory: drag the RAqua folder into the Trash: 3) empty the Trash. and I removed the directory /usr/local/lib/R and the file /usr/local/bin/R as instructed. R 1.9.0 will start up from the applications window. Since I usually run R using Xemacs and X11, I used the following commands (under zsh) to set up a symbolic link:> sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R /usr/local/bin/Rwhich gives me an error that the file /usr/local/bin/R does not exist, which of course, it doesn't as I deleted it as described above. R will start up fine if I use> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/RIn addition, usr/local/bin does exist and is on the search path.> echo $PATH >/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/brianbeckage:/usr/X11R6/bin:.:/Users/brianbeckage/bin:/usr/local/binHow do I correctly set up the symbolic link? Thanks for you help, Brian -- ********************************************************************* Brian Beckage Department of Botany University of Vermont Marsh Life Science Building Burlington, VT 05405 Phone: 802 656-0197 Fax : 802 656-0440 email: Brian.Beckage at uvm.edu web : www.uvm.edu/~bbeckage
Oops...the error was my own. I had been typing sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R usr/local/bin/R instead of sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R /usr/local/bin/R which makes all the difference in the world. Brian> > >> sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R /usr/local/bin/R > >which gives me an error that the file /usr/local/bin/R does not >exist, which of course, it doesn't as I deleted it as described >above. R will start up fine if I use >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R > >In addition, usr/local/bin does exist and is on the search path. > >> echo $PATH >>/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/brianbeckage:/usr/X11R6/bin:.:/Users/brianbeckage/bin:/usr/local/bin > > >How do I correctly set up the symbolic link? > >Thanks for you help, >Brian > > >-- >********************************************************************* >Brian Beckage >Department of Botany >University of Vermont >Marsh Life Science Building >Burlington, VT 05405 > >Phone: 802 656-0197 >Fax : 802 656-0440 >email: Brian.Beckage at uvm.edu >web : www.uvm.edu/~bbeckage > >______________________________________________ >R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html-- ********************************************************************* Brian Beckage Department of Botany University of Vermont Marsh Life Science Building Burlington, VT 05405 Phone: 802 656-0197 Fax : 802 656-0440 email: Brian.Beckage at uvm.edu web : www.uvm.edu/~bbeckage