[R-SIG-Mac]Re: libncurses.dylib.5 missing

[Jan de Leeuw]

David

What does "ls /sw/lib/libncurses*" say ? A quick solution is to make
a softlink in /sw/lib to the version of libncurses in /usr/lib. So

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.5.dylib /sw/lib/libncurses.5.dylib

Or install ncurses from fink.

Best -- Jan

On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 08:13 AM, David Posada wrote:

> Dear Jan,
>
> I am trying to install your port of R for Mac OS X. I unpacked
>
> Package    Date Posted
> R-1.6.1.tar.gz    11-15-02
> rbin.dylibs.tar.gz    12-05-02
> x11.dylibs.tar.gz    12-05-02
> gnome.dylibs.tar.gz    12-05-02
>
> But when I run R I get
>
> dyld: /usr/local/lib/R/bin/R.bin can't open library:
> /sw/lib/libncurses.dylib.5  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
> Trace/BPT trap
>
> It seems this file is missing from rbin.dylibs.tar.gz . Any idea?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> D.
>
>
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