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1.2.3, R can run different Macintosh platforms.
Two versions are currently available that are non concurrent.
One version runs on MacOS Systems from 8.6 to 9.1 and MacOSX using the
standard MacOS/MacOSX interface, that means that is behaves like any
usual Macintosh application. (This is mantained by Stefano M. Iacus)
The other version is a Darwin/X11 that means a Unix-like version
taking advantages of the X11 server (to be installed separately) and
of the BSD kernel of MacOS X. (This version is mantained by Jan de
Leeuw).
About the Carbon version
This new version of R fixes may bugs of the previous Macintosh release
and adopt Apple's Carbon technology to let R run natively under both
MacOS 8.6 to 9.1 and MacOS X. This means that under MacOS X when you
double click on the R icon, the System no longer launches the Classic
Compatibility environment. Under MacOS X the Carbon R take advantages
of the new Aqua look/interface and memory management.
More informations on this version can be found at:
http://www.eco-dip.unimi.it/R/rmac-FAQ.html
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You can download the carbon distribution at:
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macos
About the Darwin/X11 version
There are two builds for Mac OS X, more precisely for Darwin/X11, of
the R-patched and R-devel distributions of 04/14/01.
They were build using the native cc compiler, with help from f2c,
dlcompat, libjpeg, libpng, libz, OS X versions of tcl/tk., and Tenon's
Xtools distribution.
The dynamic libraries you need are included, except for the X11
libraries, which you have to install anyway along with an X11 server.
In order to install one of these builds, su root, move to /, and
unpack. Everything installs in /usr/local/lib, except for the R driver
which goes to /usr/local/bin. The R-devel tarball contains most of the
contributed R packages.
You can find this distribution on
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page :
0000,0000,FFFDhttp://www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw/R
For more information read the following r-announce msg
http://www.r-project.org/nocvs/mail/r-announce/latest/0026.html
Stefano