[R] install.packages and MacOS 10.3.8

[Uwe Ligges]

Patrick Giraudoux wrote:

> Dear Listers,
> 
> I am trying to install packages via install.packages() from MacOS 
> 10.3.8. Installing work fine when run from the menu, but the following 
> command (useful for setting up each computer of the student computer 
> room)  leads nowhere for some reasons:
> 
>> pack<-c("ade4","adehabitat","geoR","gstat","KernSmooth","lattice","leaps") 
>>
>> install.packages(pack,dependencies=T)
> 
> 
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
> Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 51500 bytes
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 50Kb
> 
> also installing the dependencies 'SparseM', 'gee', 'waveslim', 
> 'splancs', 'maptools', 'spdep', 'pixmap', 'ape', 'tripack'
> 
> trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/SparseM_0.60.tar.gz'


[SNIP]


> 
> * Installing *source* package 'SparseM' ...
> ** libs
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/SHLIB: line 1: make: 
> command not found
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'SparseM'
> * Installing *source* package 'gee' ...
> ** libs
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/SHLIB: line 1: make: 
> command not found
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'gee'
> 
> etc...
> 
> 
> Can anybody tell me what goes wrong with this command (which usually 
> work without any problem with R 2.0.1 and Windows XP).


So at least "make" and probably much more is missing on your machines 
(or not in your path or whatever). You might want to try 
install.binaries() instead (which is similar to install.packages() on 
Windows, since it installs binary packages rather than trying to compile 
and install source packages) - or set up your machines with the required 
set of tools.

Uwe Ligges




> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Patrick
> 
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