Dear Simon, On my Mac (10.4.11) I have installed different versions of R and thus like RSwitch very much. However, in my case it works only when I am logged in as administrator. Since I am usually logged in as normal user I have to: logout -> login as admin -> run RSwitch -> logout -> login as user I know this tool is unsupported but do you think there is a possibility for an update? Best regards Christian _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ C.h.r.i.s.t.i.a.n S.t.r.a.t.o.w.a V.i.e.n.n.a A.u.s.t.r.i.a e.m.a.i.l: cstrato at aon.at _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
RSwitch
3 messages · Steve Lianoglou, cstrato
Hi,
On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:26 PM, cstrato wrote:
Dear Simon, On my Mac (10.4.11) I have installed different versions of R and thus like RSwitch very much. However, in my case it works only when I am logged in as administrator. Since I am usually logged in as normal user I have to: logout -> login as admin -> run RSwitch -> logout -> login as user I know this tool is unsupported but do you think there is a possibility for an update?
You can *probably* get this behavior by changing the permissions on your R.framework directory. By default, I think it's set to: drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 Jun 29 10:39 /Library/Frameworks/ R.framework/ Since the RSwitch program monkeys around with which symlinks point to what in that folder, you'll need admin rights to use it. I'm guessing that if you chown or chgrp that directory such that your logged in user has the rights to change stuff in there, you can then use the app as a non admin .. w/o an app update :-) HTH, -steve -- Steve Lianoglou Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact
Dear Steve, Thank you, using "sudo chmod -R o+w R.framework" did the trick. Best regards Christian
Steve Lianoglou wrote:
Hi, On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:26 PM, cstrato wrote:
Dear Simon, On my Mac (10.4.11) I have installed different versions of R and thus like RSwitch very much. However, in my case it works only when I am logged in as administrator. Since I am usually logged in as normal user I have to: logout -> login as admin -> run RSwitch -> logout -> login as user I know this tool is unsupported but do you think there is a possibility for an update?
You can *probably* get this behavior by changing the permissions on your R.framework directory. By default, I think it's set to: drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 Jun 29 10:39 /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/ Since the RSwitch program monkeys around with which symlinks point to what in that folder, you'll need admin rights to use it. I'm guessing that if you chown or chgrp that directory such that your logged in user has the rights to change stuff in there, you can then use the app as a non admin .. w/o an app update :-) HTH, -steve -- Steve Lianoglou Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact