[R] Is RcppOctave package available for Mac to install?

[C W]

Hi David,

Thanks for the detail information.  I think I will probably work in Octave
instead, and fix the problem when I have a little more time.

Mike

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 2:13 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
wrote:

>
> > On Mar 13, 2015, at 11:50 PM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > When I tried to install RcppOctave package I got the following.
> >> install.packages("RcppOctave")
> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> >
> >  package ‘RcppOctave’ is available as a source package but not as a
> binary
> >
> > Warning message:
> > package ‘RcppOctave’ is not available (for R version 3.1.2)
>
> pkgmaker
> bibtex
> registry
>
>
> >
> > I see the RcppOctave_0.14.5.tar.gz  file on CRAN here,
> > http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RcppOctave/index.html
> >
> > I have not compiled any packages from source, I need to run brew doctor
> to
> > fix problems in homebrew before compiling.
>
> During the (unsuccessful) installation from source, I get the error (not
> entirely unexpected):
>
> checking for mkoctfile... no
> configure: error: mkoctfile not found, is Octave installed?
>
> (I am not surprised because I don’t have Octave installed.)
>
> There are further comments and instructions about installing octave. The
> instructions to install octave may alter the locations or symlinks for
> gfortran which might create problems for installing R packages from source,
> since the directory locations for brew installs are different than those
> that R expects. You might want to post the question on R-SIG-Mac.
>
> —
> David.
>
> > I just wanted to make sure the tar.gz file is good to go before I fix
> > homebrew.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
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