On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org>wrote: [...]
> > I just checked, and homebrew proper doesn't even provide Tcl/Tk so it > seems like this is not really an issue at all. Even the dupes version > installs in a hidden location so it doesn't clash. Homebrew typically tries > not to mess up the system so it was historically working along with R very > well. So do you have some evidence for them not playing well together? I > know MacPorts and Fink were disasters, but Homebrew has so far tried to > learn from their mistakes. > Hmmm. It seems that brew tcl-tk does not put anything in /usr/, so it all seems to be fine, actually. Quite possibly, my problems come up because I am compiling R from source, which is a much less serious case. Will try. Anyway, sorry for the noise. Gabor > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > S > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> Davor > > >> > > >> On Feb 28, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Federico Calboli < > f.calb...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Simon, > > >>> > > >>> <snip> > > >>> > > >>>> Unfortunately HB installs by default in /usr/local and requires > full control so you cannot have native libraries and HB in the same place > at the same time. So essentially you have to pick one or the other. There > are two options: > > >>>> > > >>>> a) install HB in another place. This allows you to keep native > libraries in /usr/local and parallel HB. HB is less tested that way, > though, so that's why HB is shy of recommending it. > > >>>> > > >>>> b) ignore HB's moaning. It should be ok as long as you don't > install tcl/tk via HB. It may get complicated if dependencies detect tcl/tk > so for safety you could rename the .pc files and the t*Config.sh files if > you don't expect to compile R packages that depend on tcl/tk. > > >>> > > >>> I am ignoring the moanings of brew doctor. I generally try and > avoid compiling R packages if at all possible, and I never used stuff that > uses tcl/tk (that I know of). My main concern is that I want to install > SciPy and Python 3 (assuming this can be done in a way that will not get > Mavericks throw a fit) and that might -- or not -- get some tcl/tk action in. > If not, R.app and HB can live together for all I care. > > >>> > > >>> Best > > >>> > > >>> F > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Cheers, > > >>>> Simon > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> BW > > >>>>> > > >>>>> F > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> PS I also asked on apple stack, but I haven't go any reasonable > answer thus far and I'd rather get going. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
