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Mac Pro fix [Was: Error loading grDevices.so]

A follow-up on this (thanks to Gene for his cooperation), a temporary  
fix is to start R using

R_LD_LIBRARY_PATH= R

a more permanent fix (with the same effect) is to uncomment/remove  
the second line in
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/etc/i386/ldpaths

Strangely enough Mac OS X 10.4.7 (8.7.2) on Mac Pro seems to behave  
differently from other OS X variants (8.7.0=ppc, 8.7.1=CoreDuo) with  
respect to loading libraries. In general, messing with  
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH has even more severe consequences, so it should be  
avoided at all costs.

R.app (the GUI) is not affected as it doesn't set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Cheers,
Simon
On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Gene wrote: