Hi Folks, I can't install any R binaries any more, and have always done so in the past. The problem seems to be that my Mac no longer recognizes .mpkg i.e. doesn't know how to open it. I cannot find anything called Apple Installer on my machine (if I am supposed to have/see that...)? My machine details follow. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Hank Stevens Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.0.7f0 Serial Number: XB3472Q1NVS System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.6.0 Boot Volume: OfficeHD Computer Name: MHHS (3) User Name: Martin Henry H. Stevens (Hank) Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor 338 Pearson Hall Botany Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Office: (513) 529-4206 Lab: (513) 529-4262 FAX: (513) 529-4243 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ "E Pluribus Unum"
.mpkg not recognized
5 messages · Jan de Leeuw, Simon Urbanek, Martin Henry H. Stevens
If you don't have Installer.app in /Applications/Utilities then indeed you cannot open mpkg files. If you do have it, then your LaunchServices database is broken -- try dropping the mpkg on Installer.app
On Apr 27, 2006, at 14:29 , Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:
Hi Folks, I can't install any R binaries any more, and have always done so in the past. The problem seems to be that my Mac no longer recognizes .mpkg i.e. doesn't know how to open it. I cannot find anything called Apple Installer on my machine (if I am supposed to have/see that...)? My machine details follow. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Hank Stevens Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.0.7f0 Serial Number: XB3472Q1NVS System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.6.0 Boot Volume: OfficeHD Computer Name: MHHS (3) User Name: Martin Henry H. Stevens (Hank) Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor 338 Pearson Hall Botany Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Office: (513) 529-4206 Lab: (513) 529-4262 FAX: (513) 529-4243 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ "E Pluribus Unum"
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On Apr 27, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:
I can't install any R binaries any more, and have always done so in the past. The problem seems to be that my Mac no longer recognizes .mpkg i.e. doesn't know how to open it. I cannot find anything called Apple Installer on my machine (if I am supposed to have/see that...)?
Yes, it should be /Application/Utilities/Installer.app If you don't have it, that's definitely bad. Possibly you can pull it off the OS X Installation CD - it's living in /Application/Utilities there as well (directly in the root of the CD) - just drag it to your disk. Also try to look in your Trash. Cheers, Simon
On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
If you don't have Installer.app in /Applications/Utilities then indeed you cannot open mpkg files.
FWIW: it this case you can probably still use the command-line version. It can be used like this: sudo installer -pkg R.mpkg -target / Cheers, Simon
Hi Folks, Installer.app is not on that machine. I cannot imagine what happened to it. I will get a new copy. THANK YOU! Hank
On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
If you don't have Installer.app in /Applications/Utilities then indeed you cannot open mpkg files. If you do have it, then your LaunchServices database is broken -- try dropping the mpkg on Installer.app On Apr 27, 2006, at 14:29 , Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:
Hi Folks, I can't install any R binaries any more, and have always done so in the past. The problem seems to be that my Mac no longer recognizes .mpkg i.e. doesn't know how to open it. I cannot find anything called Apple Installer on my machine (if I am supposed to have/see that...)? My machine details follow. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Hank Stevens Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.0.7f0 Serial Number: XB3472Q1NVS System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.6.0 Boot Volume: OfficeHD Computer Name: MHHS (3) User Name: Martin Henry H. Stevens (Hank) Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor 338 Pearson Hall Botany Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Office: (513) 529-4206 Lab: (513) 529-4262 FAX: (513) 529-4243 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ "E Pluribus Unum"
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