Hi Martin, thanks, but I'm aware of that. I was looking for the command-line approach :-)
Cheers, Marius On 2011-10-11, at 12:43 , Martin Ellis wrote: > I'm not sure if you're already aware of RSwitch (available at > http://r.research.att.com/), but it seems like it might be useful for > what you're trying to do. > > Cheers, > Martin > > > On 11 October 2011 11:24, Marius Hofert <marius.hof...@math.ethz.ch> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have multiple R versions installed and would like to switch between them >> via setting the symblic link "Current". To make this a bit more convenient, >> I defined two "aliases" in .bashrc: >> >> alias R2.13='d=/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions; rm $d/Current; ln >> -s $d/2.13 $d/Current' >> alias R2.14='d=/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions; rm $d/Current; ln >> -s $d/2.14 $d/Current' >> >> On executing R2.13 in the terminal, I get: >> rm: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/Current: Permission denied >> ln: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/Current/2.13: Permission denied >> >> If I chown Current, I still get: >> rm: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/Current: Permission denied >> >> I (bad) solution is to put in "sudo" in the alias... >> >> How is it done correctly? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Marius >> >> PS: I also posted it for future reference, I've only found the idea of using >> ln -s on the help pages/FAQ, but not how to get around the permission issue. >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac