oops i see i was missing the "packages" directory which is in the DMG...
everything installs fine from there. incidentally i was recieving a message something like "this package is already installed" sometimes from the main installer. cheers Jim JimBarritt wrote: > > Hi Don, > > I am having exactly the same issue - would you mind providing some details > about how you were able to run each of the packages seperately on here ? > > cheers > > Jim > > Don Kalar wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> Thanks for your suggestions - I was able to install R by running each >> of the individual packages that would be installed by R.mpkg, so it >> seems to be a trivial fix. I haven't tested R exhaustively yet, but >> the few scripts I've tried seem to run correctly. >> >> cheers, >> >> -d >> >> On 10/27/07, Mark Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> least=list. >>> >>> it is late (here)! >>> >>> On 28/10/2007, Mark Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > Hi. >>> > >>> > Sorry to hear you are having problems. I'm not installing Leopard just >>> > yet, as I cannot live without a working system running R, PostgreSQL, >>> > Filemaker, and Adobe applications. At least two on that least are said >>> > to have problems with Leopard! >>> > >>> > If no-one else replies, try the Mac R help list. I can't see any >>> > mention in the archives on a brief search of September's and October's >>> > archives. >>> > >>> > See https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> > >>> > >>> > Best wishes, >>> > >>> > Mark >>> > >>> > On 27/10/2007, Don Kalar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > > Hello all, >>> > > I apologize in advance if this is not the correct list to post these >>> sorts >>> > > of issues. When attempting to install the latest stable build of R >>> (2.6) or >>> > > the most recent nightly build from R.research.att.com, the installer >>> > > disables the ability to actually install R or any of the other >>> bundled >>> > > frameworks (i.e. the list is unchecked and grayed out). Before I >>> start >>> > > trying to either coerce the package definitions or build from >>> source, I was >>> > > wondering if there's any recommended way to get R running on >>> Leopard. I've >>> > > searched the lists and online, but as of yet have found no posted >>> solution. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > cheers, >>> > > -d >>> > > >>> > > ========================== >>> > > Donald Kalar, M.A. >>> > > Graduate Student, >>> > > Cognitive Neuroscience >>> > > UCLA Department of Psychology >>> > > 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563 >>> > > Los Angeles, CA >>> > > 90095-1563 >>> > > ========================== >>> > > >>> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> > > >>> > > ______________________________________________ >>> > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posti >>> ng-guide.html >>> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > _____________________________________________________________ >>> _________ >>> > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security >>> System. >>> > > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >>> > > _____________________________________________________________ >>> _________ >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Dr. Mark Wardle >>> > Specialist registrar, Neurology >>> > Cardiff, UK >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Mark Wardle >>> Specialist registrar, Neurology >>> Cardiff, UK >>> >> >> >> -- >> ========================== >> Donald Kalar, M.A. >> Graduate Student, >> Cognitive Neuroscience >> UCLA Department of Psychology >> 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563 >> Los Angeles, CA >> 90095-1563 >> ========================== >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Package-Installer-Fails-in-OSX-10.5-Leopard-tf4704612.html#a13479449 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.