[R] Rcompression on MAC - where is it?

[David Winsemius]

On Jul 13, 2011, at 3:30 AM, peter dalgaard wrote:

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> On Jul 13, 2011, at 03:04 , David Winsemius wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I need to run an r-file that works on Windows on MAC.
>>
>> Does that mean you are using a virtual box to run Windoze on Mac  
>> hardware?
>>
>
> More likely, he used to run it on a Windows machine, now has a Mac.
>
>
>>> The first lines of the file are:
>>>
>>> library(R.matlab)
>>> library(Rcompression)
>>>
>>> Somehow I cannot find where Rcompression is.  Am I missing  
>>> something?
>>
>> Learn to search... _first_ hit on google searhc for rcompression is:
>>
>> http://www.omegahat.org/Rcompression/
>
>
> Notice that it comes as a source package, so needs to be downloaded  
> and compiled. Easy enough via the Packages & Data -> Package  
> Installer -> Local source package, click Install, then browse for  
> file (Simon? That's not proper Mac conventions, is it?).

It's pretty close. If you are in the GUI, one can use the Package  
Installer panel from the Packages & Data menu. When using the dropdown  
setting at the top of the panel you can choose to directly access  
source packages in omegahat or r-forge by changing the "Other  
repository" setting and unchecking the Binary Format Packages or one  
can choose "Local source packages".


> Works for me, but new users may need to install build tools, Xcode  
> et al., as per
>
> http://r.research.att.com/tools/

And the right mailing list for Mac questions is:

https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT