Look to see if you have a link in /usr/local that links /usr/local/ib to "/usr/local/lib 1". it is that which is causing the problems. In the link below, Simon gives 2 commands that remove the link and renames the library location. Then the install works.
-Roy On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:21 AM, shelley wrote: > Hi Roy: > > Thank you for your quick response! I checked the softlink and I did > see: /usr/local/ -> /private/var/automount/usr/local > > From the post I read: "I'm not quite sure what to do with this". > What does it mean? It means there is no way to install the Tcl/Tk > libraries on my powerPCs? I want to use it. > > -Shelley > > > On Dec 4, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote: > >> Sorry, I copied the wrong link. Look at: >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2007-December/047605.html >> >> -Roy M. >> >> On Dec 4, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote: >> >>> Hi Shelley: >>> >>> Look at: >>> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2007-December/047601.html >>> >>> -Roy M. >>> >>> >>> On Dec 4, 2007, at 9:42 AM, shelley wrote: >>> >>>> Hello: >>>> >>>> I tried to install the latest R2.6.1 on my Mac OS X machines. I >>>> have >>>> no problems installing it on my Mac OS X Tigr machine. But when I >>>> tried to install it on other Mac OS X 10.4.9 PowerPCs, I could not >>>> have the GNU Fortran and/or Tcl/Tk libraries installed. I always >>>> got >>>> the error message : There were errors installing the software, >>>> please >>>> try installing again. >>>> >>>> Does somebody have any idea what was going wrong? I had X11 >>>> installed >>>> on the machines, do I need to install other softwares before >>>> installing R? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> -Shelley >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- >>>> guide.html >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >>> ********************** >>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the >>> U.S. >>> Government or NOAA." >>> ********************** >>> Roy Mendelssohn >>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >>> NOAA/NMFS >>> Environmental Research Division >>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >>> 1352 Lighthouse Avenue >>> Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097 >>> >>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note new e-mail address) >>> voice: (831)-648-9029 >>> fax: (831)-648-8440 >>> www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >>> >>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- >>> guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> ********************** >> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the >> U.S. Government or NOAA." >> ********************** >> Roy Mendelssohn >> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >> NOAA/NMFS >> Environmental Research Division >> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >> 1352 Lighthouse Avenue >> Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097 >> >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note new e-mail address) >> voice: (831)-648-9029 >> fax: (831)-648-8440 >> www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >> >> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ********************** "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA." ********************** Roy Mendelssohn Supervisory Operations Research Analyst NOAA/NMFS Environmental Research Division Southwest Fisheries Science Center 1352 Lighthouse Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note new e-mail address) voice: (831)-648-9029 fax: (831)-648-8440 www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
