[R-SIG-Mac] 64 bit Mac GUI

[Simon Urbanek]

Kurt,

thanks for the report. That is indeed a bug the the GUI (some older  
code was not 64-bit safe). I have fixed it in SVN, so either re-run  
the commands I sent or you can simply update your SVN copy in the Mac- 
GUI directory by running
svn up
# and re-build
xcodebuild -configuration Deployment64

Thanks,
Simon

PS: When you are using the Package Installer, make sure you select  
"CRAN (sources)"!

On Sep 28, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Kurt Newman wrote:

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>
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> > CC: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > From: simon.urbanek at r-project.org
> > To: km_newman at hotmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] 64 bit Mac GUI
> > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:08:20 -0400
> >
> > On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Kurt Newman wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,I have used Matthew's method to install 64 bit R on Leopard  
> (http://www.matthewckeller.com/html/64_bit_r_on_mac.html
> >> ) and from the command line in the terminal program both 32 bit
> >> (command "R") and 64 bit (command "R --arch=x86_64") R seem to
> >> work. My question concerns the R GUI. The page http://r.research.att.com/building.html
> >> indicates that "Leopard supports 64-bit throughout, including in
> >> the R GUI". The GUI downloaded from http://r.research.att.com/
> >> opens 32 bit R, but I have not been able to get the GUI to open 64
> >> bit R. Please tell me what I am missing. Does the GUI need to be
> >> recompiled, is there a configuration that needs to be set, or  
> have I
> >> misunderstood the statement "64-bit throughout, including in the R
> >> GUI".R is installed on a Mac Pro with Quad-Core Intel Xeon
> >> processors and Mac OS X 10.5.4 operating system. Thank you,Kurt  
> Newman
> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> >
> > First a warning - please don't follow all "Matthew's instructions"
> > unless you really know what you're doing. They are slightly  
> misleading
> > and most of the them are not necessary (and some are outright
> > dangerous). If you think the instructions on http://
> > r.research.att.com/ are not sufficient, please say so!
> >
> > As for the GUI, you have to compile 64-bit version of the GUI once  
> you
> > have 64-bit R installed. You can do so as follow (paste in the
> > Terminal, you must have Xcode installed):
> >
> > svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R-packages/trunk/Mac-GUI
> > # svn may ask you to accept ETH certificate here if run for the  
> first
> > time
> > cd Mac-GUI
> > xcodebuild -configuration Deployment64
> > open build/Deployment64
> >
> > The last command will open the directory containing the newly built
> > GUI in the Finder, so you can do whatever you please with it  
> (replace
> > the 32-bit, rename, copy to Applications, ...)
> >
> > As for installing Leopard R, the simplest way is to paste this in  
> the
> > Terminal:
> >
> > curl -s http://r.research.att.com/R-2.8-branch-leopard-
> > universal.tar.gz \
> > | sudo tar fvxz - -C /
> >
> > You don't need extra library paths for 64-bit packages, but you want
> > to use type='source' in install.packages for 64-bit (as the site  
> says).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
>
> Simon,
>
> Thank you very much for your response!!  The instructions on http://r.research.att.com 
>  are probably very clear to individuals with more appropriate  
> experience than I have.  My knowledge of unix barely extends beyond  
> what I had to know to run SAS (vi editor) and manipulate files.  I  
> have been struggling with getting 64 bit R to run.  The information  
> in your response above worked perfectly and 64 bit R, including the  
> GUI, appears to be functional.  The R Console displays the the  
> expected pointer size and some elementary miscellaneous R code (not  
> shown) ran without error.
>
> R version 2.8.0 alpha (2008-09-26 r46576)
> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> ...
> > .Machine$sizeof.pointer
> [1] 8
>
> I have used 32 bit R to work through various tutorial exercises and  
> become able to start using R instead of SAS.  The conversion to 64  
> bit R is necessary to use additional memory for my "real" work.   
> Your Mac GUI is VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!  It is a tremendous product!!
>
> I have a question about packages.  When I click on "Packages & Data"  
> on the GUI menu bar, select "Package Installer", select "CRAN  
> (sources)", select "Get List", select a CRAN Mirror site then click  
> on OK the following error appears in the R Console
>
>  *** caught segfault ***
> address 0x217b629cf, cause 'memory not mapped'
>
> Traceback:
>  1: select.list(choices, multiple = FALSE, title = title)
>  2: menu(m[, 1], graphics, "CRAN mirror")
>  3: chooseCRANmirror()
>
> Possible actions:
> 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
> 2: normal R exit
> 3: exit R without saving workspace
> 4: exit R saving workspace
> >
> Selection:
>
> Please tell me if I have missed something about using the 64 bit GUI  
> "Packages & Data" feature.
>
> Thank you,
> Kurt
>
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