[R-SIG-Mac] R 2.1.1 available in DarwinPorts

[Kjell Konis]

I just added R 2.1.1 to DarwinPorts.  Presently this is only the  
command line version of R but it does support Aqua tcl/tk (a pleasant  
surprise, I tested it with Rcmdr and rgl) and X11.  DarwinPorts  
supports installing frameworks now and I'm planning on making a port  
for R.framework when 2.2 comes out in October.

If you would like to try it out you will first need to install  
DarwinPorts.  Instructions are available here

http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/

but it really just boils down to (1) running the installer on this DMG

http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/downloads/DarwinPorts-1.0.dmg

(the rest of the commands should be run in the terminal)

(2) adding DarwinPorts to your path:
   csh, tcsh: setenv PATH /opt/local/bin:${PATH}
   bash: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:${PATH}

(3) updating to the latest version of port (the program that installs  
the DarwinPorts):
   sudo port selfupdate

(4) getting the latest version of the ports:
   sudo port sync

(5) and installing R
   sudo port install R

Installing R will take a long time because it has lots of  
dependencies (fortran compiler, latex, tcl/tk, etc.).

Kjell