[R] How do you install cran mac binaries

[Rolf Turner]

 From the help on getOption():

> pkgType:
>
> The default type of packages to be downloaded and installed – see
> install.packages. Possible values are "source" (the default except under
> the CRAN OS X build) and "mac.binary.". Windows uses "win.binary".
> ("mac.binary.leopard" and "mac.binary.universal" are no longer in use.)

Note the last line.

If you look at the forecast package under contributed packages on the 
lib.stat.cmu mirror (or any other mirror it would seem) you will see:

> Downloads:
> Reference manual: 	forecast.pdf
> Package source: 	forecast_5.0.tar.gz
> MacOS X binary: 	forecast_5.0.tgz
> Windows binary: 	forecast_5.0.zip
> Old sources: 	forecast archive

so the MacOS X binary is definitely there.

Dunno what you're doing, but you are doing something weird to mess 
yourself up like this.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

On 29/01/14 12:49, ce wrote:
>
> Thank you for advise. I am using mac osx 10.5. 8.
> I am still having problems with install :
>
>   install.packages("forecast",type="mac.binary.leopard")
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/3.0
>
>     package 'forecast' is available as a source package but not as a binary
>
> Warning message:
> package 'forecast' is not available (for R version 3.0.2)
>> install.packages("forecast",type="mac.binary")
> also installing the dependencies 'Rcpp', 'RcppArmadillo'
>
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/Rcpp_0.10.6.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3725876 bytes (3.6 Mb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 3.6 Mb
>
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/RcppArmadillo_0.4.000.2.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1232985 bytes (1.2 Mb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 1.2 Mb
>
> trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/forecast_5.0.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1205702 bytes (1.1 Mb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 1.1 Mb
>
>
> The downloaded binary packages are in
>          /tmp/RtmpXyRn6D/downloaded_packages
>> library("forecast")
> Error: package 'forecast' was built for x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Henrik Bengtsson" [hb at biostat.ucsf.edu]
> Date: 01/28/2014 12:39 PM
> To: "ce" <zadig_1 at excite.com>
> CC: "" <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] How do you install cran mac binaries
>
> Whether a package is install from source or from an available binary
> is controlled by argument 'type', cf. ?install.packages.  I believed
> that, just as on Windows, the default on OSX was to install from
> binaries, but I might be wrong, or you have changed the settings of
> the below "option".  So, instead, try:
>
> install.packages("forecast", type="mac.binary.leopard")
>
> You can set this as an option once per R session, i.e.
> options(pkgType="mac.binary.leopard"), and then it's enough to do:
>
> install.packages("forecast")
>
> To make that option "permanent" across R sessions, see ?.Rprofile.
> BTW, you want to use "both" instead of "mac.binary.leopard".
>
> /Henrik
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:09 AM, ce <zadig_1 at excite.com> wrote:
>> But in crran page it says mac binaries ?
>> if I do install.library, it compiles the package. My old mac can't compile some packages. that's why I need to install binaries directly if possible.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Henrik Bengtsson" [hb at biostat.ucsf.edu]
>> Date: 01/28/2014 12:30 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
>>
>> As you install basically all CRAN packages and all OSes;
>>
>> install.packages("forecast")
>>
>> /Henrik
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 8:18 PM, ce <zadig_1 at excite.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry if the question is stupid, how you you install mac os binaries  like in :
>>>
>>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/contrib/r-release/forecast_5.0.tgz
>>>
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