[R] Seeking compiled OS X "contrib" packages

[Jan de Leeuw]

The version at ftp://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/pub comes with 240 compiled
packages. But it is the X11/Darwin version, not the Carbon one
with the nice interface. Although it does have gnome support
again.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 06:10 PM, Bear F. Braumoeller wrote:

> Does anyone out there have a complete set of compiled packages  
> (libraries)
> in the "contributed" category (i.e. not base or recommended) for a
> Macintosh running OS X?  How about a relatively complete set?
>
> I am running the precompiled version of R 1.6.0 written by Stefano  
> Iacus
> (Stefano, if you're reading this, it's terrific).  The only problem is
> that there's no facility for importing and processing new packages.  I
> downloaded the "how to download and build your own additional packages"
> file that Stefano wrote.  I downloaded MPW and MacPerl, as well as all  
> of
> the ancillary files, and after some trial and error got everything
> running.  I then spent seven solid hours trying to get it to build  
> even a
> single package.  No dice.  I kept getting errors of one kind or another
> (my R 1.6 came with no "share" directory, so I copied the one from  
> 1.5.1;
> Perl needed a handful of files copied into the working directory, so I  
> did
> so; and so forth).
>
> Finally, I got it to produce a sample library (bootstrap) that looked  
> like
> it should work, right down to the "built" line in the doc file.  Not a
> single error.  Unfortunately, R still does not recognize it as a
> legitimate library/package, and I can't for the life of me figure out  
> why.
>
> I know I'm not a programmer (for one thing, they get paid better than I
> do), and I know that I will be roundly derided as a wimp for writing  
> this,
> but I give up.  Has anyone out there accomplished this feat (or  
> imported
> the contrib packages via the XWindows version), and if so, would you be
> willing to end my suffering?  I have seen some posted online, but as  
> luck
> would have it they don't overlap much with the ones I'm interested in.
> I'd rather try to get them all in one fell swoop.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bear
>
> Bear F. Braumoeller
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Government
> Harvard University
>
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Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
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