[R-SIG-Mac]Starting afresh w/ install; advice, plz

[Jan de Leeuw]

On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 03:40 PM, David J. Braden wrote:

> For some reason I don't understand, my last fink update removed a lot 
> of my gnome stuff, including r, gnumeric, gimp, and indeed perhaps the 
> whole core.  Sheesh.
>
> But I look at this as an opportunity to help out with some 
> documentation on setting things up. My current Mac is a G3 with 320MB 
> RAM. So:
>
> (1) I would like to *really* start afresh with the fink download and 
> setup, so I can time the process for others' use.  Anyone know how I 
> can uninstall it?

Just remove /sw

>
> (2) Is there *any* advantage in downloading the source and compiling 
> on my machine over downloading the binary?  I don't want to be a fink 
> developer, just a regular user who values stability over the "latest, 
> greatest", at least for this.

Some packages are not in the binary set: possibly R-1.6.0 is not, for 
instance.

>
> (3) When getting the gnome stuff in, some packages have "nox" 
> versions.  What are they? When should I, if ever, get them?

Since you have X11, no need to install nox versions
>
> (4) Often when using fink update I am prompted with a choice of an 
> "-ssl" version or not.  For me as a regular user, which should I go 
> with?  I can't do both, since there are conflicts at times.

If you use ssl, use the ssl version

>
> (5) The gnumeric guys are suggesting I steer clear of their cvs 
> versions. Is that the case for R?

The cvs version is either R-patched or R-develop -- you probably just 
want
the latest released version, i.e R-1.6.1 (which is not in fink, of 
course)

>
> Many thanks for any help you can give me.  Once I get this set up as 
> per your suggestions to create a decent environment for gnumeric and 
> R, I will have some good info to pass others, and can then sort 
> through all the choices to make in getting R humming along once again.
>
> Regards,
> Dave Braden
>
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