Message-ID: <1117913523.32646.65.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date: 2005-06-04T21:36:24Z
From: Federico Calboli
Subject: problem installing packages from terminal
In-Reply-To: <4AAE25ED-BCCD-41B7-A94B-D4D2EB105A55@r-project.org>
Hi Simon,
Thanks for the very comprehensive explanation... I am new to OSX and to
a number of things done the R.app way.
> You don't need to - in fact it's not recommended to enable the root
> user on OS X and it's completely unnecessary, because you should be
> using sudo with the same effect without potentially hazardous side-
> effects of enabling root.
I am a Linux user at work (and I sysadmin for myself as well), and the
more Linux/Unix like in behaviour I can make OSX the better. The fact
that I have administrative privileges is something I find pretty weird.
Cheers,
Federico
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Imperial College, St Mary's Campus
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