Hi Jarrett, I was able to install the R-forge lme4 and Matrix packages by invoking R from a Terminal window (I used $ sudo R so the process would have enough privileges to modify directories in the library)
Dapple:~/Rtest stevenmckinney$ sudo R Password: R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08) Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 I installed lme4 alright with the suggested command from http://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=60 > install.packages("lme4",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") trying URL 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/lme4_0.999375-13.tgz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 353734 bytes (345 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 345 Kb The downloaded packages are in /tmp/Rtmpakk1fU/downloaded_packages So lme4 installed alright. Matrix choked for some reason. > install.packages("Matrix",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") trying URL 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6/Matrix_0.999375-10.tgz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1783421 bytes (1.7 Mb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 1.7 Mb Error: cannot remove prior installation of package 'Matrix' This is what I was trying to avoid by running the process via 'sudo', not sure what went wrong. Installing from source worked: > install.packages("Matrix",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org", type = "source") trying URL 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_0.999375-10.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1502286 bytes (1.4 Mb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 1.4 Mb * Installing *source* package 'Matrix' ... ** libs ** arch - ppc gcc -arch ppc -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -std=gnu99 -no-cpp-precomp -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include/ppc -I/usr/local/include -I./UFconfig -fPIC -g -O2 -c CHMfactor.c -o CHMfactor.o powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.2.1: unrecognized option '-no-cpp-precomp' . . . xtabs text html latex example ** building package indices ... Loading required package: Matrix Loading required package: stats Loading required package: methods Loading required package: lattice Attaching package: 'Matrix' The following object(s) are masked from package:stats : xtabs * DONE (Matrix) The downloaded packages are in /private/tmp/Rtmpakk1fU/downloaded_packages Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library' > require("lme4") Loading required package: lme4 Loading required package: Matrix Loading required package: lattice Attaching package: 'Matrix' The following object(s) are masked from package:stats : xtabs > So this is one way to do it. Hope it works for you. Best regards Steven McKinney Statistician Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program British Columbia Cancer Research Centre email: smckinney +at+ bccrc +dot+ ca tel: 604-675-8000 x7561 BCCRC Molecular Oncology 675 West 10th Ave, Floor 4 Vancouver B.C. V5Z 1L3 Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jarrett Byrnes Sent: Thu 4/24/2008 4:16 PM To: r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] Installing current version of lme4 and Matrix on a mac Hey, all! I'm trying to use the current version of lme4 over at http://R-Forge.R-project.org but have been unable to do so thus far. I get errors stating that it requires a i686 architecture or otherwise, and installing Matrix is a mess. I have a G4 mac. Has anyone here been able to install it on a non-intel mac? If so, could you post instructions as to how? Thanks! -Jarrett ---------------------------------------- Jarrett Byrnes Population Biology Graduate Group, UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab 707-875-1969 http://www-eve.ucdavis.edu/stachowicz/byrnes.shtml [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac