[R-SIG-Mac] g77 from R-2.1.1.dmg won't install

[Simon Urbanek]

Federico,

On Jul 15, 2005, at 6:57 AM, Federico Calboli wrote:

> I just downloaded R-2.1.1.dmg. R gui and framework installed without
> a problesm but I cannot install g77.

Please, can you be more specific as of why you cannot install in and  
send us the installer log? That would be helpful.

> I already have a g77 in /usr/local/bin. What I am not sure about  
> is  whether this is the fortran compiler that comes with Xcode 2.1,

No it's not. Everything in /usr/local is external software not  
supplied by Apple. Besides Xcode includes no Fortran compiler.

> and  whether I need to install the g77 in the dmg considering that  
> a g77 is still present on my box.

That depends. We are shipping g77 now with R to make sure the  
configuration of the binary matches the compilers used. Your own  
version of g77 may or may not match it - there are too many different  
version around by now to tell. Basically if you can compile Fortran  
packages from sources it should be fine.

Cheers,
Simon