[R-SIG-Mac] [R] lme4 + R 2.11.0 + mac unavailable

[John Maindonald]

Binaries for lme4 are not for the time being available either on
CRAN or on r-forge?  

John Maindonald             email: john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
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On 27/07/2010, at 9:57 PM, Martin Maechler wrote:

> Dear Peter,
> note that I am CC'ing this reply to the "R - Mac" mailing list, on
> which there are knowledgable people for helping you with some of the
> Mac specific problems
> (more inline below).
> 
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 20:36, Peter Goff <peter.t.goff at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>> Martin,
>> 
>> I saw your series of posts on this topic, but sadly I am still unable to
>> install lme4.
>> 
>> I am in the nascent stages of learning R and, at this point, I cannot even
>> load the program "arm" that is key to my program of study (I'm working with
>> Gelman & Hill's Data Analysis using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical
>> Models to get acclimated to R).
>> 
>> Here's my quandary thus far:
>> 
>> (1) I download and install R for Macs (version 2.11.1)
>> (2) I try to find lme4 through the "Package Installer" only to find that it
>> does not exist.
>> (3) I find your string of postings on the web and try to install using:
>> install.packages("lme4", type = "source")
>> and I get the following error message:
>> 
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- (I chose USA,
>> MI)
> 
> Ok, I assume that's close enough to Vanderbilt ..
> 
>> trying URL 'http://cran.mtu.edu/src/contrib/lme4_0.999375-34.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1028012 bytes (1003 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 1003 Kb
>> 
>> * installing *source* package ‘lme4’ ...
>> ** libs
>> *** arch - i386
>> gcc -arch i386 -std=gnu99
>> -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include
>> -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include/i386
>> -I/usr/local/include
>> -I"/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.11/Resources/library/Matrix/include"
>> -I"/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/stats/include"   -fPIC
>> -g -O2 -c init.c -o init.o
>> /bin/sh: gcc: command not found
> 
> See, that's a clue:  'gcc' is the GNU C compiler and that (and more)
> are absolutely musts for installing many R packages from source.
> 
> The readers of R-SIG-Mac will be able to give more exact details,
> but in order to get a version of gcc (and other tools) working nicely
> with your version of R,
> you'll need to install (parts of) the "Xcode" development tools that
> Apple provides to you (for free, but you need to "get them").
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin
> 
>> make: *** [init.o] Error 127
>> ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘lme4’
>> * removing
>> ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.11/Resources/library/lme4’
>> 
>> The downloaded packages are in
>> 
>> ‘/private/var/folders/ty/tyL1SdtKGlObzhxQbBUTek+++TI/-Tmp-/Rtmpt4fli2/downloaded_packages’
>> Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("lme4", type = "source") :
>> installation of package 'lme4' had non-zero exit status
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Days and hours later I am at a loss as to how I should proceed. Any advice
>> would be greatly appreciated!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> ~Peter
>> 
>> Peter Trabert Goff
>> PhD student
>> Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
>> Vanderbilt University
> 
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