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R 2.9.2 release package for Leopard and Snow Leopard

3 messages · Rob Goedman, Simon Urbanek

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R 2.9.2 release installer package for Leopard and Snow Leopard (64-bit  
and 32-bit build) is now available at

http://r.research.att.com/

The full file link is
http://r.research.att.com/R-2.9.2.pkg

MD5: b8468651f3d894bfda5e0b46e5fed1e4

On Mac OS X 10.6 it makes 64-bit the default on the command line and  
provides R32 and R64 start scripts to force one or the other. It also  
removes ppc* support (you cannot compile ppc packages on Snow Leopard,  
you must use Leopard if you want to target ppc/ppc64).

On Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) it makes 32-bit the default (as usual) but  
provides R64 on the command line.

Both GUIs (R64 and R) and provided in either case. The package does  
not contain Tcl/Tk nor gfortran, use
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/tools/
if you want to use Tcl/Tk or compile packages from sources (if you  
installed full CRAN R previously then you already have all that).

It is considered a RC for CRAN.

Cheers,
Simon
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Thanks a lot Simon!

If I only want to work in 64bit, do you foresee any problems if I also  
remove the i386* support? I've been doing that for a while and it  
seems to cause no problems (I usually refresh (curl) R from your site  
in the morning and in that script I added the ppc* and i386* removal  
lines after the curl).

Regards,
Rob
On Sep 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:

            
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On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:42 , Rob Goedman wrote:

            
Sure, as long as you don't try to use the 32-bit you're free to delete  
it (on Snow Leopard). The libR and friends are "fat" so universal apps  
will still able to compile (even if they won't run).
In general, I was contemplating deleting the other arch's libs as well  
in the script, but I figured it's not worth the hassle, because the  
space used by libs is miniscule compared to data etc.

Cheers,
Simon