[R-SIG-Mac] Macports installation problem

[John]

Thanks, David and Rainer.

Where should I type them? On RStudio command line?

curl -O http://r.research.att.com/libs/cairo-1.14.2-darwin.13-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo tar fvxz gmp-4.2.4-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz -C /


I got this after typing in RStudio command line
> curl -O
http://r.research.att.com/libs/cairo-1.14.2-darwin.13-x86_64.tar.gz
Error: unexpected symbol in "curl -O http"


J

2017-10-18 9:54 GMT-07:00 David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>:

>
> > On Oct 18, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Rainer Krug <rainer_krug at icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 18 Oct 2017, at 17:17, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 17, 2017, at 11:58 PM, Rainer Krug <rainer_krug at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> This is related to Macports and not to R - please post your question
> on their mailing list. If it would be about errors installing R, that would
> be different.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I think using MacPorts might actually be the "error" that needs
> correction. I would suggest an alternate strategy. Go to
> http://r.research.att.com/libs/ and get the appropriate version of cairo,
> probably the most recent one.
> >>
> >> http://r.research.att.com/libs/cairo-1.14.2-darwin.13-x86_64.tar.gz
> >>
> >> Scroll down to the bottom of that page and an appropriate modification
> of the two lines for unpacking to the root.
> >>
> >> curl -O http://r.research.att.com/libs/cairo-1.14.2-darwin.13-
> x86_64.tar.gz
> >> sudo tar fvxz gmp-4.2.4-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz -C /
> >>
> >>
> >> The Mac version of R does not do well with either MacPorts or homebrew
> installation of required system packages because those package managers put
> them in loaction that are not recognized by the static build that is the
> default.
> >
> > Using homebrew (and as far as I know Macports as well) works without
> major problems. The problem start when you mix standard installations /
> homebrew / Macports. This results in problems.
>
> The fact that the original poster had obviously not used MacPorts (and
> perhaps did not even know what it was) suggests that the appropriate reply
> should be to discourage him from using it and offer a strategy with greater
> likelihood of success in combination with the more typical installation
> method for the Mac R fork.
>
> >
> > So: each of the approaches has it’s own pros and cons - it is only that
> homebrew and Macports are not officially supported by the R team.
>
> One of the cons is that both homebrew and MacPorts requires a greater
> knowledge of the Unix under-pinnings of MacOS. If a poster is asking how to
> install MacPorts, it suggests that he don't already have such skills and
> perhaps doesn't even have the motivation to acquire them. (Your earlier
> response suggested that posting in R-SIG-Mac was the wrong way to do
> acquire such skills and I agree. Appears the poster has not yet developed
> the habit of reading supporting online documentation. He certainly did not
> do so regarding R-SIG-Mac. My opinion: A person who chooses not to read or
> heed online documentation should be actively discouraged from using either
> MacPorts of homebrew.)
>
> Best;
> David.
>
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rainer
> >
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> David.
> >>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Rainer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 18 Oct 2017, at 02:36, John <miaojpm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried to install Cairo graphics
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.cairographics.org/download/
> >>>>
> >>>> and I need to install Macports.
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried to install Macports on my Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6, and type
> "sudo
> >>>> port install cairo", but it did not respond. I haven't seen any file
> name
> >>>> or app called Macports, but one file called "port" which is located at
> >>>>
> >>>> loca/bin/port"
> >>>>
> >>>> How should I do it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> John
> >>>> *******
> >>>>
> >>>> Last login: Sun Oct 15 02:52:49 on console
> >>>> Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ john$ /opt/local/bin/port ; exit;
> >>>> MacPorts 2.4.2
> >>>> Entering shell mode... ("help" for help, "quit" to quit)
> >>>> [Users/john] > sudo port install cairo
> >>>> Error: Unrecognized action "port sudo"
> >>>>
> >>>>    [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
> >>>> R-SIG-Mac at r-project.org
> >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
> >>>
> >>> University of Zürich
> >>>
> >>> Cell:       +41 (0)78 630 66 57
> >>> email:      Rainer at krugs.de
> >>> Skype:      RMkrug
> >>>
> >>> PGP: 0x0F52F982
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
> >>> R-SIG-Mac at r-project.org
> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
> >>
> >> David Winsemius
> >> Alameda, CA, USA
> >>
> >> 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
> advanced.'   -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
> >
> > --
> > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
> >
> > University of Zürich
> >
> > Cell:       +41 (0)78 630 66 57
> > email:      Rainer at krugs.de
> > Skype:      RMkrug
> >
> > PGP: 0x0F52F982
> >
> >
> >
>
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
>
> 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.'
>  -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
>
>
>
>
>
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