If you don't have Installer.app in /Applications/Utilities then indeed you cannot open mpkg files. If you do have it, then your LaunchServices database is broken -- try dropping the mpkg on Installer.app
On Apr 27, 2006, at 14:29 , Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote: > Hi Folks, > I can't install any R binaries any more, and have always done so in > the past. The problem seems to be that my Mac no longer > recognizes .mpkg i.e. doesn't know how to open it. I cannot find > anything called Apple Installer on my machine (if I am supposed to > have/see that...)? > > My machine details follow. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. > > Thanks, > Hank Stevens > > Hardware Overview: > > Machine Name: Power Mac G5 > Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 > CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) > Number Of CPUs: 2 > CPU Speed: 2 GHz > L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB > Memory: 8 GB > Bus Speed: 1 GHz > Boot ROM Version: 5.0.7f0 > Serial Number: XB3472Q1NVS > > System Software Overview: > > System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) > Kernel Version: Darwin 8.6.0 > Boot Volume: OfficeHD > Computer Name: MHHS (3) > User Name: Martin Henry H. Stevens (Hank) > > Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor > 338 Pearson Hall > Botany Department > Miami University > Oxford, OH 45056 > > Office: (513) 529-4206 > Lab: (513) 529-4262 > FAX: (513) 529-4243 > http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ > http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ > http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ > "E Pluribus Unum" > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > === Jan de Leeuw; Distinguished Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software US mail: 8125 Math Sciences Bldg, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .mac: jdeleeuw ++++++ aim: deleeuwjan ++++++ skype: j_deleeuw homepages: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ++++++ http://www.cuddyvalley.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
