[R-SIG-Mac] Problem upgrading to R version 2.10.0.

[Simon Urbanek]

On Oct 27, 2009, at 16:43 , Rolf Turner wrote:

>
> First I downloaded the Mac binary from CRAN, but when I double clicked
> on install icon it told me ``Couldn't open "R-2.10.0.pkg". This  
> package
> type requires Mac OS X 10.5.''
>
> I guess I don't have 10.5.
>

Click on the "Apple" icon on the left-top corner and then on "About  
this Mac". It will say something like "Mac OS X Version 10.5.8" (or  
whatever version you have). The pkg build is for 10.5 and higher only  
(as the description prominently says).


>> Session info:
>>
>> R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26)
>> i386-apple-darwin8.11.1
>>
>> locale:
>> C
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] datasets  utils     stats     graphics  grDevices methods   base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] misc_0.0-11    fortunes_1.3-6 MASS_7.2-47
>
> (None of the information that I can extract from my machine refers to
> ``MAC OS X 10.x''; it only refers to apple-darwin<whatever> --- and
> there never appears to be any information as to the connection between
> the different forms of referent.)
>
> Anyhow, I then decided to try to roll my own.  (This has worked in the
> past.)  I downloaded the tar file of R 2.10.0, did ./configure and  
> make.
> It went about its business for a while and then stopped with an  
> error message.
> The tail end of the screen output is:
>
>>    .
>>    .
>>    .
>> building package 'tcltk'
>> mkdir ../../../library/tcltk
>> mkdir ../../../library/tcltk/R
>> mkdir ../../../library/tcltk/exec
>> mkdir ../../../library/tcltk/po
>> making init.d from init.c
>> making tcltk.d from tcltk.c
>> making tcltk_unix.d from tcltk_unix.c
>> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../../../include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/ 
>> local/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ 
>> include    -fPIC  -g -O2 -c init.c -o init.o
>> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../../../include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/ 
>> local/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ 
>> include    -fPIC  -g -O2 -c tcltk.c -o tcltk.o
>> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../../../include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/ 
>> local/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ 
>> include    -fPIC  -g -O2 -c tcltk_unix.c -o tcltk_unix.o
>> In file included from tcltk_unix.c:23:
>> ../../../../include/R_ext/eventloop.h:73: warning: 'struct timeval'  
>> declared inside parameter list
>> ../../../../include/R_ext/eventloop.h:73: warning: its scope is  
>> only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you  
>> want
>> gcc -std=gnu99 -dynamiclib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names - 
>> mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -undefined dynamic_lookup -single_module - 
>> multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib -L/usr/local/lib -o tcltk.so  
>> init.o tcltk.o tcltk_unix.o -L/usr/local/lib -ltcl8.5 -L/usr/local/ 
>> lib -ltk8.5 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -Wl,-weak-lXss -lXext - 
>> L../../../../lib -lR -dylib_file libRblas.dylib:../../../../lib/ 
>> libRblas.dylib -lintl -liconv -lc -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation
>> /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/libtool: for architecture  
>> x86_64 object: /usr/local/lib/libtk8.5.dylib malformed object  
>> (unknown load command 7)
>> make[4]: *** [tcltk.so] Error 1
>> make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
>> make: *** [R] Error 1
>
> I haven't a clue what to do about this.  And so I'm stuck.  I'd  
> really like to be using the latest version of R,

Well, if that's all you want then just go to
http://r.research.att.com/


> but I seem to be thwarted at every turn.  Can anyone help me out?
>

It seems as if you're trying to compile 64-bit version of R on Tiger  
which won't work. Without further details on the tools you installed,  
exact OS version and the like there is not much we can help with  
(please have a look at the R for Mac FAQ).

Cheers,
Simon