Maybe I'm missing something, but did you try something like
install.packages(c("Hmisc","acepack")) ?
________________________________
Agustin

On 23/01/2013, at 11:27, Ross Tinsley <rtins...@htmi.ch> wrote:

> Originally posted this on the standard mailing list and it was suggested that 
> I post here on SIG Mac list. Have also included Beren's response who 
> emphasised using the R.app GUI, however I am doing this as my first step. The 
> below error message turns up there as well. Am stuck on the 'make' command 
> and how to make that work.
> 
> Here are the commands in R I am trying to run.
> 
> library(Amelia)
> library(Hmisc)
> library(polycor)
> library(psych)
> library(qgraph)
> library(lavaan)
> library(semTools)
> library(paran)
> library(nFactors)
> library(GPArotation)
> library(sem)
> library(polycor)
> library(rrcov)
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> 
> Hello all
> 
> I am a researcher in the field of tourism and have just recently installed 
> R64 and RStudio onto my Mac (running latest OS). I am ran into some problems 
> installing additional packages. I have looked through the General FAQs and 
> Mac FAQS but haven't been able to find a solution.
> 
> I have downloaded the various packages I need from CRAN sources and while 
> some have successfully installed others have not. I have been following the 
> instructions on the Mac FAQ to unzip and install the downloaded packages 
> using the command line but the results seem to indicate an error (they are 
> installed but then don't work properly and so are subsequently uninstalled). 
> It happens on more than one so that's why I thought it might be something 
> generic I am doing. Here is a copy of the command line results:
> 
> Rosss-MacBook-Pro:~ rosstinsley$ R CMD INSTALL 
> /private/var/folders/ld/3f2dl80154z47_864skpt2_80000gn/T/Rtmp0ittcT/downloaded_packages/Hmisc_3.10-1.tar.gz
>  
> * installing to library 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library�
> * installing *source* package �Hmisc� ...
> ** package �Hmisc� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** libs
> *** arch - i386
> sh: make: command not found
> ERROR: compilation failed for package �Hmisc�
> * removing 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/Hmisc�
> Rosss-MacBook-Pro:~ rosstinsley$ R CMD INSTALL 
> /private/var/folders/ld/3f2dl80154z47_864skpt2_80000gn/T/Rtmp0ittcT/downloaded_packages/acepack_1.3-3.2.tar.gz
>  
> * installing to library 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library�
> * installing *source* package �acepack� ...
> ** package �acepack� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** libs
> *** arch - i386
> sh: make: command not found
> ERROR: compilation failed for package �acepack�
> * removing 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/acepack�
> Rosss-MacBook-Pro:~ rosstinsley$ R CMD INSTALL 
> /private/var/folders/ld/3f2dl80154z47_864skpt2_80000gn/T/Rtmp0ittcT/downloaded_packages/arm_1.6-01.02.tar.gz
>  
> * installing to library 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library�
> ERROR: dependency �lme4� is not available for package �arm�
> * removing 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/arm�
> Rosss-MacBook-Pro:~ rosstinsley$ R CMD INSTALL 
> /private/var/folders/ld/3f2dl80154z47_864skpt2_80000gn/T/Rtmp0ittcT/downloaded_packages/chron_2.3-43.tar.gz
>  
> * installing to library 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library�
> * installing *source* package �chron� ...
> ** package �chron� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** libs
> *** arch - i386
> sh: make: command not found
> ERROR: compilation failed for package �chron�
> * removing 
> �/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/chron�
> 
> 
> 
> Berend's response:
> 
> 1. This belongs on the R-SIG-Mac mailing list
> 
> 2. Why don't you use the R.app GUI to install the binary versions of the 
> required packages? Much easier.
> 
> 3. The message:  "sh: make: command not found" means that you don't have make 
> installed.
> Most likely you don't have other required tools installed.
> If you use the R.app GUI you don't really need tall those tools.
> 
> Advice: use R.app to install and if needed get the Xcode tools but only if 
> you intend to compile your own packages.
> 
> Berend
> 
> 
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