[R] Seeking compiled OS X "contrib" packages

[Jan de Leeuw]

What's "cobs", for example ? I think you cannot run the packages which  
dynamically
load C code from my Darwin/X11 version with your Carbon loader.

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 07:57 AM, Bear F. Braumoeller wrote:

> 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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> Bear F. Braumoeller
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Government
> Harvard University
>
>
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Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics;
Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
Software
US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554
phone (310)-825-9550;  fax (310)-206-5658;  email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu
homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu
   
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