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unable to install LME4 in R 2.6.2 on an Intel Mac

On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Douglas Bates wrote:

            
It appears that he is not using our binaries at all which is why he  
runs into problems (it is unclear because he failed to supply basic  
details).
The seems to be a rather wide-spread urban legend. R does *not*  
install anything in /usr/local, it is completely independent of /usr/ 
local for its functionality. We go into great lengths to provide self- 
contained binaries even for some packages that require 3rd party  
libraries. The only exception to this rule are some UI kits as there  
is no way to embed them (without installing them into R framework  
completely).
The R installer provides *optional* tools that can be installed in / 
usr/local if desired, but those are not necessary in order to run R  
(and are not part of R itself).

Cheers,
Simon