[R-SIG-Mac] OS 10.5.8 Compatibility

[Francis Smart]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Francis Smart <smartfra at msu.edu> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I know I was being vague when I posted but I had gotten frustrated
> with R and deleted it hours before and I was not sure what the version
> was at the time.  But now I am.
>
> Version R-2.10.0 worked on startup and worked when I typed >1:10
> however it froze when I typed >f() without f being defined.  There
> were other functions that caused it to freeze, but I did not keep
> track of all of them.
>
> So I tried R-2.10.0 and it froze again under identical circumstances.
>
> I went to the next oldest version R-2.9.2 and it froze on the last
> stage of the installation process.  I forced it to quit and went to
> the application folder and so far it is stable.
>
> If it has problems, I will just keep going back to older releases.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Francis
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Francis Smart wrote:
>>
>>> Dear R people,
>>>
>>> I am running OS 10.5.8 on my PowerBook G4 and unfortunately it will
>>> not allow me to upgrade to Snow Leopard, because it does not run an
>>> Intel Chip.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded a version of R
>>
>> ... a version?
>>
>>> and it does not appear to be stable.
>>
>> That is a bit vague.
>>
>>> I have thought about about installing Linux to ensure a stable build
>>> but unfortunately I bought the PowerBook G4 used and I did not come
>>> with install disks.  The Leopard install disks I do have refuse to run
>>> on an non-Intel machine.  So if I installed Linux, that would mean
>>> that I would have to uninstall OS X and I probably would not be able
>>> to reinstall it.
>>>
>>> So I guess I am wondering if anybody has a build of R that they know
>>> is stable on 10.5.8.  Also, I am sure there are other potential
>>> solutions that I have not thought of.
>>
>> I currently have R 2.8.0 on a G4 PB running 10.5.7. I don't remember that
>> there was a conscious decision not to upgrade R, I also cannot remember if I
>> had a reason not to go to OSX 10.5.8. Almost all of my R work is on later
>> Macs and the PB now is just for checking PowerPoint presentations for
>> compatibility with OpenOffice.
>>
>>>
>>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> Not sure I know much else to say other than you can get old disk-image
>> versions of the universal 32 bit build here:
>>
>> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/universal/base/
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time,
>>> Francis
>>> --
>>> Francis Smart
>>> (202) 540-8108 primary
>>
>>
>> David Winsemius, MD
>> Heritage Laboratories
>> West Hartford, CT
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Francis Smart
> --------------------
> PhD Student - Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan
> State University
> (406) 223-8108
>



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Francis Smart
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PhD Student - Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan
State University
(406) 223-8108