From the help on getOption():
pkgType:
The default type of packages to be downloaded and installed – see
install.packages. Possible values are "source" (the default except under
the CRAN OS X build) and "mac.binary.". Windows uses "win.binary".
("mac.binary.leopard" and "mac.binary.universal" are no longer in use.)
Note the last line.If you look at the forecast package under contributed packages on the lib.stat.cmu mirror (or any other mirror it would seem) you will see:
Downloads: Reference manual: forecast.pdf Package source: forecast_5.0.tar.gz MacOS X binary: forecast_5.0.tgz Windows binary: forecast_5.0.zip Old sources: forecast archive
so the MacOS X binary is definitely there.Dunno what you're doing, but you are doing something weird to mess yourself up like this.
cheers, Rolf Turner On 29/01/14 12:49, ce wrote:
Thank you for advise. I am using mac osx 10.5. 8. I am still having problems with install : install.packages("forecast",type="mac.binary.leopard") Warning: unable to access index for repository http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/3.0 package 'forecast' is available as a source package but not as a binary Warning message: package 'forecast' is not available (for R version 3.0.2)install.packages("forecast",type="mac.binary")also installing the dependencies 'Rcpp', 'RcppArmadillo' trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/Rcpp_0.10.6.tgz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3725876 bytes (3.6 Mb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 3.6 Mb trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/RcppArmadillo_0.4.000.2.tgz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1232985 bytes (1.2 Mb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 1.2 Mb trying URL 'http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0/forecast_5.0.tgz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1205702 bytes (1.1 Mb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 1.1 Mb The downloaded binary packages are in /tmp/RtmpXyRn6D/downloaded_packageslibrary("forecast")Error: package 'forecast' was built for x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 -----Original Message----- From: "Henrik Bengtsson" [h...@biostat.ucsf.edu] Date: 01/28/2014 12:39 PM To: "ce" <zadi...@excite.com> CC: "" <r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] How do you install cran mac binaries Whether a package is install from source or from an available binary is controlled by argument 'type', cf. ?install.packages. I believed that, just as on Windows, the default on OSX was to install from binaries, but I might be wrong, or you have changed the settings of the below "option". So, instead, try: install.packages("forecast", type="mac.binary.leopard") You can set this as an option once per R session, i.e. options(pkgType="mac.binary.leopard"), and then it's enough to do: install.packages("forecast") To make that option "permanent" across R sessions, see ?.Rprofile. BTW, you want to use "both" instead of "mac.binary.leopard". /Henrik On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:09 AM, ce <zadi...@excite.com> wrote:But in crran page it says mac binaries ? if I do install.library, it compiles the package. My old mac can't compile some packages. that's why I need to install binaries directly if possible. -----Original Message----- From: "Henrik Bengtsson" [h...@biostat.ucsf.edu] Date: 01/28/2014 12:30 AM To: "ce" <zadi...@excite.com> CC: "" <r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] How do you install cran mac binaries As you install basically all CRAN packages and all OSes; install.packages("forecast") /Henrik On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 8:18 PM, ce <zadi...@excite.com> wrote:Sorry if the question is stupid, how you you install mac os binaries like in : http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/contrib/r-release/forecast_5.0.tgz ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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