Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R-alpha on SL system

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Koenker
Thanks Simon. Starting with a fresh source directory and building one level up from the source did indeed resolve everything just as https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html My usual set of packages also installed fine except for rgl once I realized that I need to

[R-SIG-Mac] package management system: Fink vs MacPorts?

2009-10-12 Thread Christian Kleiber
Dear all, I am currently configuring a Mac Pro running SL. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006468.html suggests there are issues with Fink. I am familiar with building R packages but I have never built R from source (this might change, however). Question: any strong

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] package management system: Fink vs MacPorts?

2009-10-12 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Oct 12, 2009, at 9:10 , Christian Kleiber wrote: Dear all, I am currently configuring a Mac Pro running SL. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006468.html suggests there are issues with Fink. There are issues with Fink if you try to mix Fink and native system

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] package management system: Fink vs MacPorts?

2009-10-12 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Simon Urbanek wrote: On Oct 12, 2009, at 9:10 , Christian Kleiber wrote: Dear all, I am currently configuring a Mac Pro running SL. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006468.html suggests there are issues with Fink. There are issues with Fink

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] package management system: Fink vs MacPorts?

2009-10-12 Thread Seth Falcon
Hi Christian, Unless you are doing development with R I would second Simon's suggestion to use the pre-packaged R binary. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Christian Kleiber christian.klei...@unibas.ch wrote: I am familiar with building R packages but I have never built R from source (this

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] package management system: Fink vs MacPorts?

2009-10-12 Thread Simon Urbanek
Seth, On Oct 12, 2009, at 12:18 , Seth Falcon wrote: Hi Christian, Unless you are doing development with R I would second Simon's suggestion to use the pre-packaged R binary. Just to clarify -- I wasn't questioning building R from sources -- I was questioning why anyone would use Fink or