[R-SIG-Mac] Feature request: install R in ~/Library/Frameworks

[Gábor Csárdi]

./configure --enable-R-framework=~/Library/Frameworks

does not work, btw, not too surprisingly.

G.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:52 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Feb 7, 2017, at 1:11 AM, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks, that's not an option for me, I need an R installation that is
>> > binary compatible with CRAN.
>> >
>> > I realized that I can maybe use
>> >
>> > ./configure --enable-R-framework=~/Library/Frameworks
>> >
>> > I am trying this right now.
>> >
>>
>> I'm a bit confused. The bog-standard distribution of R has installed it
>> (as a sub-directory) of ~/Library/Frameworks for many versions.
>>
>
> I think the CRAN R build installs in /Library, not in ~/Library.
>
>
>> More specifically it is placed in this subdirectory:
>>
>>  /Library/Frameworks/R.framework
>>
>
> These are not the same. I want it to be in the user's home directory, i.e.
> ~/Library, and not in the global /Library.
>
> Gabor
>
>
>
>> The Revolution R distribution for the Mac also uses this location (and
>> basically copies the installation script that is part of the CRAN version.)
>>
>> --
>> David.
>>
>> > Gabor
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:02 AM, 美彦 馬場 <babayoshihiko at mac.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >>> On Feb 7, 2017, at 17:46, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> I realize that this is not the typical use case on macOS, but for my
>> >> work,
>> >>> it would be great to be able to install R into ~/Library/Frameworks.
>> >>>
>> >>> This would allow having different R versions for different users.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am not sure how difficult this would be to implement. I can see that
>> >> some
>> >>> paths in scripts and makefiles are hardwired to /Library/Frameworks.
>> Is
>> >>> there anything more, perhaps in the binaries as well?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I install R with Fink, which allows you to install R-3.3, R-3.2 and
>> >> R-3.1.  Each of them looks for files in /sw/Library/Frameworks/R.frame
>> work/Versions/3.3,
>> >> 3.2 and 3.1 respectively.  Also, CRAN packages for different R
>> versions are
>> >> installed separately.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> BABA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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>> David Winsemius
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>>
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