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R 2.6.1 installation fails
3 messages · Enrico Rossi, Simon Urbanek, Don MacQueen
Enrico, the problem is caused by an update from Tiger to Leopard and Xcode 3 if /usr/local/lib existed before. Apple's installer screws up and creates an infinite symlink loop at /usr/local/lib. To fix it, run this is Terminal: sudo rm /usr/local/lib sudo mv '/usr/local/lib 1' /usr/local/lib Then re-install R (or just gfortran and Tcl/Tk). Cheers, Simon
On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Enrico Rossi wrote:
Hello! I recently upgraded to Leopard, and discovered that I could no longer build Fortran sources using R CMD SHLIB. No problem, I thought: upgrade Xcode and R. However, the R installer fails while trying to install gfortran. Here's the last bit of the installer log: Jan 7 15:40:53 elf150 Installer[544]: Starting file extraction Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: Extracting... Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: BomFileError 62: Too many levels of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 13 of 13 files written in 0.29seconds. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 1468 kilobytes installed at 4.9 MB/s. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: pkgExtractor exited with error 1 while processing package '/Volumes/R-2.6.1 /Packages/gfortran.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz' Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Install failed: The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: IFDInstallController 75CD20 state = 7 Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'. I also tried installing the gfortran from http://r.research.att.com/gfortran-4.2.1.dmg , but it failed in the same way. What could the problem be? Thanks, Enrico
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2 days later
This Apple installer error also happens if you install XCode 2.5 on an existing Tiger system. (which I found out this morning by downloading XCode 2.5 from Apple's Developer website and installing it) -Don
At 4:56 PM -0500 1/7/08, Simon Urbanek wrote:
Enrico, the problem is caused by an update from Tiger to Leopard and Xcode 3 if /usr/local/lib existed before. Apple's installer screws up and creates an infinite symlink loop at /usr/local/lib. To fix it, run this is Terminal: sudo rm /usr/local/lib sudo mv '/usr/local/lib 1' /usr/local/lib Then re-install R (or just gfortran and Tcl/Tk). Cheers, Simon On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Enrico Rossi wrote:
Hello! I recently upgraded to Leopard, and discovered that I could no longer build Fortran sources using R CMD SHLIB. No problem, I thought: upgrade Xcode and R. However, the R installer fails while trying to install gfortran. Here's the last bit of the installer log: Jan 7 15:40:53 elf150 Installer[544]: Starting file extraction Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: Extracting... Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: BomFileError 62: Too many levels of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 13 of 13 files written in 0.29seconds. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: 1468 kilobytes installed at 4.9 MB/s. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 pkgExtractor[566]: pkgExtractor exited with error 1 while processing package '/Volumes/R-2.6.1 /Packages/gfortran.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz' Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Install failed: The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: IFDInstallController 75CD20 state = 7 Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. Jan 7 15:40:54 elf150 Installer[544]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer could not install some files in "/". Contact > the > software manufacturer for assistance.'. > > I also tried installing the gfortran from > http://r.research.att.com/gfortran-4.2.1.dmg , but it failed in the same way. What could the problem be? Thanks, Enrico
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