[R-SIG-Mac] Installing R from .pkg on Leopard

[Rob Hodgkinson]

I exerienced this problem a few weeks back (Simon - I had NO previous
version of R installed - I had a clean MacBookPro running Leopard).

Then someone else raised it, here is my post...

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On 31/10/07 7:01 PM, "Rob Hodgkinson" <rhodgkin at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> I had the same problem, found the tip on the R-SIG-Archives...
> 
> The .mpkg for the whole package (4 components) appears flawed.
> 
> Click on the <PACKAGES> folder on the main install window (where the main
> .mpkg is shown) and this shows a subfolder with two separate packages, both of
> which can be installed individually.
> 
> Hope this helps.../Rob
> 
> 
> On 31/10/07 9:41 AM, "Erdem Uney" <uneye at be.itu.edu.tr> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have recently installed Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5. But I couldn't be able
>> to install R using the installer. After accepting the terms and conditions
>> I end up in custom install section with all the selections and the install
>> button is dimmed. Is there a way that you can correct this? Or is there a
>> way I can help you to create a installer for Leopard for the people to use
>> it?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Erdem Uney
>> Informatics Institute
>> 
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On 16/11/07 2:57 AM, "Jordan Thomson" <jordanthomson at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I was hoping for a little help on an issue I've encountered on the new
> operating system.  I have been unable to get all the way through the
> installer app.  It seems to function (although there are a few
> oddities with clicking the "continue button") all the way through to
> the installation type section.  Here the package names, their
> respective check boxes and the intdall button are greyed out.  This
> can be subverted by pressing "go back" and "continue" again.  This
> allows the Install button to be pressed. But upon pressing, a drop
> down warning pops up saying that a more recent version of the software
> is already present.
> 
> Any help you could offer on getting the software to work would be
> greatly appreciated,
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Jordan Thomson
> 
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