From jago at mclink.it  Fri Dec 12 13:59:03 2003
From: jago at mclink.it (stefano iacus)
Date: Fri Dec 12 13:57:50 2003
Subject: [Rd] Failed installation on Mac OSX 10.3 (PR#5697)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.58.0312120638080.109266@gnu.uvm.edu>
Message-ID: <F61B9304-2CA2-11D8-B89A-003065CC4CB8@mclink.it>

We are probably both right as the readme.txt file says

You should also install the other three packages:
1. libreadline (unless you have this package already installed)
2. tcltk (this is a must if you want to use tcltk)
3. libxml2 (if you want to use the XML package)

stefano
On Venerd?, dic 12, 2003, at 12:41 Europe/Rome, Brian Beckage wrote:

>
> I did read the readme.txt but it said you 'should' install the 
> libreadline
> so my impression was that it was recommended but not necessary.
> Undoubtedly, an oversight on my part.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, stefano iacus wrote:
>
>> You should read the readme.txt file which says that you have to 
>> install
>> the libreadline with the provided .pkg archive that comes with
>> RAqua.dmg.
>> stefano
>>
>> On Gioved?, dic 11, 2003, at 16:39 Europe/Rome, Brian.Beckage@uvm.edu
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've installed R 1.8.1 on OSX 10.3 (Panther) using the RAqua.pkg and
>>> all indications were that the installation was successful.  However,
>>> after double clicking the R icon in the Applications folder, nothing
>>> appears to happen.  The following message appears on the console:
>>>
>>> Mac OS X Version 10.3 (Build 7B85)
>>> 2003-12-11 08:45:31 -0500
>>> prefs written
>>> dyld: /Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/MacOS/RAqua can't
>>> open library: /usr/local/lib/libreadline.4.3.dylib  (No such file or
>>> directory, errno = 2)
>>>
>>>
>>> When I check /usr/local/ there is no 'lib' folder, only the 'bin'
>>> folder.  I checked the FAQ's and the bug reports and this problem was
>>> reported by at least one other person (bug report id 5529) but no
>>> solution has been put forward that I could find.
>>>
>>> Do the other packages that come with the download (e.g.,
>>> j_libreadlne.pkg, j_tcltk.pkg, j_libxml2.pkg) need to be installed?
>>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *********************************************************************
>>> Brian Beckage
>>> Department of Botany
>>> University of Vermont
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>>> Burlington, VT 05405
>>>
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>>
>>
>


[Rd] Failed installation on Mac OSX 10.3 (PR#5697)
stefano iacus