[R] Seeking compiled OS X "contrib" packages

[Bear F. Braumoeller]

I don't mind X11; XDarwin is up and running on my computer, but I  
finally gave up on installing R v1.5.1 for XWindows bc. I couldn't get  
it to run (someone wrote in about problems with the installer and  
symbolic links, or sthg., which I suspect is what was giving me grief).  
  So I went to the Carbon version.

The compiled packages are GREAT, thanks!  One more question: any idea  
why a significant percentage (say half) return e.g.

 > library(cobs)
Error in library.dynam("cobs", pkg, lib) :
	dynamic library `cobs' not found
Error in library(cobs) : .First.lib failed

while the others don't?  Is this due to an X11/Carbon difference?   
They're both 1.6.0.

Thanks,
-Bear

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 01:09  AM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:

> 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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