[R-SIG-Mac] problems installing packages since upgrade to 2.4.1

[Ken Nussear]

So I'm still not sure how to get these to install. They worked fine  
when running 2.3.1, but when I updated R to 2.4.1 I can no longer  
install these packages. Is there a fix?

Ken


On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> On 1/9/2007 2:02 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>> Duncan,
>> On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>> On 1/9/2007 1:34 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>>> Ken,
>>>> On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Ken Nussear wrote:
>>>>> I upgraded R to 2.4.1 yesterday and I'm having problems    
>>>>> reinstalling some packages I had installed before and that I   
>>>>> need  for some modeling.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried rgl and fBasics and I get similar error messages  
>>>>> (see   below).
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone had luck with this?
>>>>>
>>>> This looks like a problem with the mirror - did you try another   
>>>> CRAN  mirror? If in doubt, a good test is to try the master  
>>>> CRAN  repository...
>>>
>>> The version of rgl is also a couple of releases out of date, but  
>>> I  see that's what is currently on CRAN as the MacOSX binary.   
>>> The  problem is that the examples in rgl won't run without an X11  
>>> server.
>>>
>> current rgl doesn't pass make check, that's why it's not available  
>> in  binary form:
>> http://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-patched-macosx-ix86/  
>> rgl-00check.html
>> Should I put it on fake install?
>
> Yes, please, if that's easier than running it on a machine where an  
> X server is available.  (If you were running it on a machine with  
> an X server, then that error is more serious.)
>
> Duncan
>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>> Could you special case rgl, so it gets built?
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Simon
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken
>>>>>
>>>>> trying URL 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/universal/  
>>>>> contrib/
>>>>> 2.4/rgl_0.68.tgz'
>>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1649254 bytes
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> downloaded 1610Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
>>>>> 	argument is missing, with no default
>>>>> tar: Skipping to next header
>>>>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
>>>>> tar: A lone zero block at 1730
>>>>>
>>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
>>>>>
>>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error
>>>>> tar: Child returned status 1
>>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>>>
>>>>> trying URL 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/universal/  
>>>>> contrib/
>>>>> 2.4/fBasics_240.10068.1.tgz'
>>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1412462 bytes
>>>>> opened URL
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> downloaded 1379Kb
>>>>>
>>>>> tar: Skipping to next header
>>>>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
>>>>>
>>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
>>>>>
>>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error
>>>>> tar: Read 10235 bytes from /tmp/RtmpyBlfBq/downloaded_packages/
>>>>> fEcofin_240.10067.tgz
>>>>> tar: Child returned status 1
>>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>>> Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
>>>>> 	argument is missing, with no default
>>>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>>>> installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status in:
>>>>> install.packages(c("rgl"), lib = "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/
>>>>> Resources/library/",
>>>>>
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