Hi Roy: I don't know where Simon found the "/usr/local/lib 1". I checked everywhere but could not find it. There is a softlink links "/usr/ bin/ to "/private/var/automount/usr/local", but no softlink links "/ usr/bin/local" to other place.
########### lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27 Dec 3 12:18 local -> /automount/ static/usr/local drwxr-xr-x 2 swlocal lab 68 Jan 16 2004 lib ########### -Shelley On Dec 4, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote: > 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.
