Enrico, the problem is caused by an update from Tiger to Leopard and Xcode 3 if /usr/local/lib existed before. Apple's installer screws up and creates an infinite symlink loop at /usr/local/lib. To fix it, run this is Terminal:
sudo rm /usr/local/lib sudo mv '/usr/local/lib 1' /usr/local/lib Then re-install R (or just gfortran and Tcl/Tk). Cheers, Simon On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Enrico Rossi wrote: > Hello! > > I recently upgraded to Leopard, and discovered that I could no > longer build > Fortran sources using R CMD SHLIB. No problem, I thought: upgrade > Xcode and > R. However, the R installer fails while trying to install gfortran. > Here's > the last bit of the installer log: > > Jan 7 15:40:53 elf150 Installer[544]: Starting file extraction > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: Extracting... > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: BomFileError 62: Too many > levels > of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 13 of 13 files written > in 0.29seconds. > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 1468 kilobytes > installed at > 4.9 MB/s. > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: pkgExtractor exited with > error 1 > while processing package '/Volumes/R-2.6.1 > /Packages/gfortran.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz' > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Install failed: The Installer > could > not install some files in "/". Contact the software manufacturer for > assistance. > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: IFDInstallController 75CD20 > state = 7 > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. > Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed > message:'The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact > the > software manufacturer for assistance.'. > > I also tried installing the gfortran from > http://r.research.att.com/gfortran-4.2.1.dmg , but it failed in the > same > way. What could the problem be? > > Thanks, > Enrico > >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) > powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1 > locale: > en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
