[GRASS5] grass6 and R

[Kirk R. Wythers]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Roger Bivand wrote:

>
> Visiting the repository will show that all is well, but nobody I  
> know has
> a machine with OSX on it. With the advent of x86 OSX this will get  
> worse
> too.

In the short term yes. Hopefully though, over the long term it will  
bring much of os x code closer to the x86 linux and bsd code. I have  
made the big vs little edian mistake more than once on os x.

> On OSX you have to install from source, as on any other Unix/Linux
> system, only Windows people get the help of a binary. Because there  
> is no
> C code in the package, I guess that most (?) OSX will have the minimal
> tool train needed. Guessing further, on Linux I have:
>
>> getOption("pkgType")
> [1] "source"
>
> but you most likely have "mac.binary"

yup

>
> Then try:
>
> install.packages("spgrass6", repos = rS, type="source")
>

worked great. Thanks Roger

> to override the default, and it should work. If you can confirm  
> that it
> does, I can alter the note on the download page, and provide an  
> erratum
> for the Newsletter page.

I think you are good to make the change. This worked fine on my  
powerbook. Tues when I'm back in my office, I'll test in on my G5.  
However, I see no reason why it would be any different. Additionally,  
did a small edit on the config file to get the base R program to  
build on os x. If you want I can send you that too.

Thanks again,

Kirk

> If you still have difficulties, we'll need to
> work out the minimum configuration needed on OSX to install a source
> package, for example based on:
>
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html#Installation- 
> of-packages
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Roger
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kirk
>>
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