On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, pietro bulian wrote:
Dear all,
I'm a new user of MAC/Unix. I want R on a powerbook MAC with OS 10.3.9.
How come a new user has a long-obsolete OS?
Following instructions I attempted to compile last version of R (2.8). But it was unsuccessful (problems with dlyb).
The list archives show other people's attempts: I do not know if they were successful. But as the posting guide points out, there never was a 'R 2.8' and the current version is 2.8.1. People would be interested to know the exact issues (and fixes) in the current version even on an ancient OS.
Then I have compiled R 2.6.0, I presume succesfully since with make check all it's OK. Then installed with "sudo make install". Now when I type R in any directory in which an R exist the output is "bash R: command not found". I see R under
Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/bin/exec Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/bin pietro/Documents/downloads/R.2.6.0/bin/exec pietro/Documents/downloads/R.2.6.0/bin is something missing from my PATH?
Yes. Recent CRAN build install R at /usr/bin/R (and also installs Rscript). If you just want command-line R, I suggest you do not build a framework and it will install in /usr/bin etc for you.
echo $PATH: sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
The presence of (presumably) /sw/bin indicates fink, and that can interfere with the build of R.
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