[R] How do you install cran mac binaries

[Berend Hasselman]

On 29-01-2014, at 18:26, ce <zadig_1 at excite.com> wrote:

> Thank you Berend, I will give it another shot to compile then.
> 

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Berend


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Berend Hasselman" [bhh at xs4all.nl]
> Date: 01/29/2014 05:34 AM
> To: "ce" <zadig_1 at excite.com>
> CC: "" <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] How do you install cran mac binaries
> 
> 
> On 29-01-2014, at 00:52, ce <zadig_1 at excite.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Sorry how do access this menu? R-studio? I open an xterm and type R to start R. 
>> 
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>> Platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 (32-bit)
>> 
>> locale:
>> [1] C
>> 
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>> 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_3.0.2
>> 
>> 
> 
> You said that you are running Mac OS X 10.5.8.
> From the above you appear to be running a 32 bit version of R-3.0.2.
> 
> That is not the version of R available on CRAN. It is a 64 bit version intended for OS X 10.6 and higher.
> 
> You must have either compiled it yourself or obtained it from elsewhere.
> 
> You appear to be trying to install 64-bit packages for a 32 bit version of R.
> That is not possible. So that’s why you are failing to install a binary version.
> 
> BTW: The menu Packages & Data > Package Installer is from the R GUI for Mac OS X.
> 
> Berend
> 
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