[R-SIG-Mac] 64-bit R-build on Intel Mac

[Simon Urbanek]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Sayan Pathak wrote:

> I was trying to build the R build using the directions given at
> http://r.research.att.com/exp/.
>
> I got through most of the steps till it asked me to run ./configure.
> My question is where is this file located? I am looking at /Library/
> Frameworks/R.framework. I tried searching for file titled "configure"
> but got an empty return.
>

You're looking at the already installed *binary* verison of R. In  
order to compile R you need it in its *source* form. You can get it  
from CRAN, for example
http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.5.1.tar.gz

Cheers,
Simon