This Apple installer error also happens if you install XCode 2.5 on an existing Tiger system.
(which I found out this morning by downloading XCode 2.5 from Apple's Developer website and installing it) -Don At 4:56 PM -0500 1/7/08, Simon Urbanek wrote: >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 -- -------------------------------------- Don MacQueen Environmental Protection Department Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA, USA 925-423-1062 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
