[R-SIG-Mac] Reminder: Please test the 2.9.0 beta/rc binaries!

[Simon Urbanek]

On Apr 10, 2009, at 9:38 PM, David Winsemius wrote:

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> On Apr 10, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
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>> On 10/04/2009 7:06 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
>>> On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>>> David,
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 10, 2009, at 5:55 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded the Leopard 64 bit pkg: R-2.9-beta-48309.pkg
>>>>>
>>>>> It installed without apparent error. I want to retain version  
>>>>> 2.8.1  so I checked to make sure the receipt had been deleted.
>>>>>
>>>> The receipts are now superseded in Leopard by an internal  
>>>> database  which is controlled by pkgutil, so you have to use  
>>>> pkgutil --forget  instead.
>>> I forgot to mention that I also tried that strategem at a bash  
>>> prompt  after reading the MacOSX FAQ and was given the response  
>>> the no such  program could be found.
>>> bash: pkutil: command not found
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>> That looks like a copy/paste error, but the question is, when?  Did  
>> you try to run pkgutil and miscopy the error message, or did the  
>> error happen earlier?
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> WTF?
>
> I (thrice)  1) tried the command earlier and got that message, and  
> 2) more recently correctly copied the error message when I ran it,  
> and  3) now tried  pkgutil --forget R-Framework.pkg. Warnes said it  
> was dpkgutil (or pkgutil), you say it is pkgutil. All three have  
> unfavorable results. Screen-scrapes of the last two attached:


It is pkgutil as in my e-mail [thanks @ Gregg - I didn't notice the  
typo in the ReadMe]. The name to forget is definitely not R- 
Framework.pkg because it is supposed to be ID of the package, but it  
depends how you installed the first R. If you used the Leopard  
installer then it's

pkgutil --forget org.r-project.R.Leopard.fw.pkg

To see a list of installed packages, use

pkgutil --pkgs

Usually you only have to forget the framework, the GUIs install in the  
same location, so you have to move them aside in either case.

Cheers,
Simon



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> OK, so I made a capitalization error. Shoot me.
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> -- David
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>> Duncan Murdoch
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>>> I am thinking I may not be properly qualified to be on R's  
>>> bleeding  edge.
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> David Winsemius, MD
> Heritage Laboratories
> West Hartford, CT
>