Dear all,
 
I have been using R for Windows before but recently switched to Mac. Now I
am confused about how to install local packages using R 2.1.1. on the Mac.
I found the menu Packages and Data, and have used it succesfully to install
CRAN and Bioconductor packages (all binaries) by selecting these
repositories from the pull-down menu and clicking the Get List button.
However there is one package from OmegaHat I want to install (Rcurl). Since
this is not a listed repository in the Install Packages pull-down menu, I
tried the Other Repository function and entered the URL for the OmegaHat
page. This doesn't work as R tries to add /PACKAGES to the URL and this is
apparently not how the OmegaHat site is set up (I tried the same with
bioconductor's URL and that did work). SO I downloaded the .tar.gz file. I
remember from my R for Windows there was an option Install Package From
Local File. But in this version of R for MAC I can't find this. In the R FAQ
for MAC OSX it says I should choose, in the Install Packages menu, the
option Local Package from the pull-down menu. But then the Get List button
is greyed out, and no packages appear in the list. I have tried putting the
.tar.gz file in several places: in the working directory (/user/admin in
this case), in the R-Framework/Resources/Library directory, but never is the
file listed in the Install Packages menu. I must be doing something wrong
but don't know what. This is the text from the R FAQ for OSX, which I
followed:
"You can also download any other package from the Internet yourself and
decide to install it from source. In such case select one of the local
entries in the top left list." (The top left list being the pull-down menu I
described and the local entries being Local Binary package, Local Source
Package, and Local Package Directory).


Could somebody please help me out?

Best wishes,
Marije


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