R help - Jun 2005 - problem installing packages with compiled-from-source R.app on Mac OS X - Tiger

Hello all,

This may be aimed for r-devel, but I encountered this as an R-user  
and not an R-developer so I start here (having said that, please  
direct me to R-devel if you think this is appropriate. I am not cross- 
posting, as I believe this is bad netiquette).

I am a recent, but extremely happy R-user (especially after getting  
my own copy of MASS 2002). My adventures started when I wanted to use  
Rpy to use R also from within python. I compiled R (2.1.0) after  
configuring it as follows:

./configure --enable-R-shlib --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with- 
lapack --with-aqua

where --enable-R-shlib is required by Rpy.

I then compiled Rpy-0.4.2.1 and I was able to call R from within  
python. So far so good...

I then -naively- tried to start R.app. After less than a bounce on  
the dock... it would not start. [Sorry, I do not remember what  
problem was showing up in the console...]

So, I figured I had to also compile R.app. I got the code via:

svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R-packages/trunk/Mac-GUI Mac- 
GUI      (executed this command yesterday)

and compiled it as per the instructions... And R.app launches just fine.

Now, the issue comes when I try to install a(ny) package (via the GUI  
package installer of R.app). I then get the following message:

"Package installation failed. Package installation was not  
successful. Please see the R console for details"

And the R console says:

"Error in install.packages(c("dyn"), lib =
"/Library/Frameworks/
R.framework/Resources/library",  :
     couldn't find function ".install.macbinary""

I see that this has been encountered before and resolved (at least  
Prof. Ripley saw what was wrong) as per the following thread:

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2005-May/033115.html

But I am not sure what needs to be done on my part so that I am not  
affected from it.

 > str(.Platform)
List of 6
$ OS.type   : chr "unix"
$ file.sep  : chr "/"
$ dynlib.ext: chr ".so"
$ GUI       : chr "X11"
$ endian    : chr "big"
$ pkgType   : chr "source"
 > R.version.string
[1] "R version 2.1.0, 2005-04-18"


gcc version 4.0.0

[Please let me know what other information may be relevant]


Thanking you in advance,

Costas


--
Constantinos Antoniou, Ph.D.
Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
5, Iroon Polytechniou str. GR-15773, Athens, Greece

You need to use R-patched, nowadays 2.1.1 beta, not the released R 2.1.0.
As far as I know it is fixed there.

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Constantinos Antoniou wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This may be aimed for r-devel, but I encountered this as an R-user
> and not an R-developer so I start here (having said that, please
> direct me to R-devel if you think this is appropriate. I am not cross-
> posting, as I believe this is bad netiquette).
>
> I am a recent, but extremely happy R-user (especially after getting
> my own copy of MASS 2002). My adventures started when I wanted to use
> Rpy to use R also from within python. I compiled R (2.1.0) after
> configuring it as follows:
>
> ./configure --enable-R-shlib --with-blas='-framework vecLib'
--with-
> lapack --with-aqua
>
> where --enable-R-shlib is required by Rpy.
>
> I then compiled Rpy-0.4.2.1 and I was able to call R from within
> python. So far so good...
>
> I then -naively- tried to start R.app. After less than a bounce on
> the dock... it would not start. [Sorry, I do not remember what
> problem was showing up in the console...]
>
> So, I figured I had to also compile R.app. I got the code via:
>
> svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R-packages/trunk/Mac-GUI Mac-
> GUI      (executed this command yesterday)
>
> and compiled it as per the instructions... And R.app launches just fine.
>
> Now, the issue comes when I try to install a(ny) package (via the GUI
> package installer of R.app). I then get the following message:
>
> "Package installation failed. Package installation was not
> successful. Please see the R console for details"
>
> And the R console says:
>
> "Error in install.packages(c("dyn"), lib =
"/Library/Frameworks/
> R.framework/Resources/library",  :
>     couldn't find function ".install.macbinary""
>
> I see that this has been encountered before and resolved (at least
> Prof. Ripley saw what was wrong) as per the following thread:
>
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2005-May/033115.html
>
> But I am not sure what needs to be done on my part so that I am not
> affected from it.
>
> > str(.Platform)
> List of 6
> $ OS.type   : chr "unix"
> $ file.sep  : chr "/"
> $ dynlib.ext: chr ".so"
> $ GUI       : chr "X11"
> $ endian    : chr "big"
> $ pkgType   : chr "source"
> > R.version.string
> [1] "R version 2.1.0, 2005-04-18"
>
>
> gcc version 4.0.0
>
> [Please let me know what other information may be relevant]
>
>
> Thanking you in advance,
>
> Costas
>
>
> --
> Constantinos Antoniou, Ph.D.
> Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering
> National Technical University of Athens
> 5, Iroon Polytechniou str. GR-15773, Athens, Greece
>
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-- 
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