[R-SIG-Mac] R 2.6.1 installation fails

[Don MacQueen]

This Apple installer error also happens if you install XCode 2.5 on 
an existing Tiger system.

(which I found out this morning by downloading XCode 2.5 from Apple's 
Developer website and installing it)

-Don

At 4:56 PM -0500 1/7/08, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>Enrico,
>
>the problem is caused by an update from Tiger to Leopard and Xcode 3 
>if /usr/local/lib existed before. Apple's installer screws up and 
>creates an infinite symlink loop at /usr/local/lib. To fix it, run 
>this is Terminal:
>
>sudo rm /usr/local/lib
>sudo mv '/usr/local/lib 1' /usr/local/lib
>
>Then re-install R (or just gfortran and Tcl/Tk).
>
>Cheers,
>Simon
>
>
>On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Enrico Rossi wrote:
>
>>  Hello!
>>
>>  I recently upgraded to Leopard, and discovered that I could no 
>>  longer build
>>  Fortran sources using R CMD SHLIB. No problem, I thought: upgrade 
>>  Xcode and
>>  R. However, the R installer fails while trying to install gfortran. 
>>  Here's
>>  the last bit of the installer log:
>>
>>  Jan  7 15:40:53 elf150 Installer[544]:     Starting file extraction
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]:     Extracting...
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: BomFileError 62: Too many 
>>  levels
>>  of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]:     13 of 13 files written
>>  in 0.29seconds.
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]:     1468 kilobytes 
>>  installed at
>>  4.9 MB/s.
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: pkgExtractor exited with 
>>  error 1
>>  while processing package '/Volumes/R-2.6.1
>>  /Packages/gfortran.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz'
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Install failed: The Installer 
>>  could
>>  not install some files in "/". Contact the software manufacturer for
>>  assistance.
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: IFDInstallController 75CD20 
>>  state = 7
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
>>  Jan  7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed
>>  message:'The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact
>  > the
>  > software manufacturer for assistance.'.
>  >
>  > I also tried installing the gfortran from
>  > http://r.research.att.com/gfortran-4.2.1.dmg , but it failed in the 
>>  same
>>  way. What could the problem be?
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  Enrico
>>
>>>  sessionInfo()
>>  R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26)
>>  powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1
>>  locale:
>>  en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>
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Don MacQueen
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