To install individual packages on Mac OSX use Terminal (under applications->utilities->terminal). In terminal type in something like: cd /Applications/StartR.app/RAqua.app/Contents/MacOS/ ./R CMD INSTALL /Users/anthonyb/Desktop/ellipse_0.2-12.tgz Regards Anthony >X-Original-To: anthonyb@ichr.uwa.edu.au >Delivered-To: anthonyb@ichr.uwa.edu.au >X-Sender: Message-Id: <p06100502bca2156b493e@[129.85.13.101]> >Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:16:56 -0400 >To: Marc Salit <salit@nist.gov>, bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch >From: Simon Kidd <kidd@mail.rockefeller.edu> >Subject: Re: [BioC] recipe for installing and using Bioconductor with Mac > OS X 10.3 and R GUI 1.9 >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new >Cc: >X-BeenThere: bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 >List-Id: The Bioconductor Project Mailing List ><bioconductor.stat.math.ethz.ch> >List-Unsubscribe: ><https: www.stat.math.ethz.ch="" mailman="" listinfo="" bioconductor="">, > <mailto:bioconductor- request@stat.math.ethz.ch?subject="unsubscribe"> >List-Archive: <https: www.stat.math.ethz.ch="" pipermail="" bioconductor=""> >List-Post: <mailto:bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch> >List-Help: <mailto:bioconductor- request@stat.math.ethz.ch?subject="help"> >List-Subscribe: <https: www.stat.math.ethz.ch="" mailman="" listinfo="" bioconductor="">, > <mailto:bioconductor- request@stat.math.ethz.ch?subject="subscribe"> >Sender: bioconductor-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on > poohbear.ichr.uwa.edu.au >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=7.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SUBJ_HAS_SPACES > autolearn=no version=2.63 >X-Spam-Level: > >At 5.15pm -0400 13/4/04, Marc Salit wrote: >>Dear Colleagues -- >> >>I've been trying unsuccessfully to use Bioconductor (mostly the >>affy package) on a Mac with OS X 10.3.3, running R with a GUI, >>either 1.8.1 or 1.9.0 beta. I've tried to install Bioconductor with >>getBioC.R, which doesn't work all the way, and also tried to use a >>shell command to install downloaded packages, a la R CMD INSTALL >>/path/to/pkg_version.tar.gz , which also doesn't work all the way >>(stops when it can't find a 'make' command in SHLIB. >> >>Suggestions? Caveats? Will this work? Shall I give up and 'switch' >>back to a PC??? > >Ive installed R1.9 beta from : > ><http: www.economia.unimi.it="" r=""/> > >and then used its gui to install the Bioconductor Affy (and a few >others) packages. Other than some problems with tcltk and limmaGUI >and what I think is a different problem with simpleaffy things have >worked (as much as I can tell). This is with OSX10.3.3, and the >X11 and the developer tools which came with it. >Simon > >_______________________________________________ >Bioconductor mailing list >Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch >https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor -- ______________________________________________ Anthony Bosco - PhD Student Institute for Child Health Research (Company Limited by Guarantee ACN 009 278 755) Subiaco, Western Australia, 6008 Ph 61 8 9489 , Fax 61 8 9489 7700 email anthonyb@ichr.uwa.edu.au