Newbie question

[Joseph Lipowski]

Hi,

Good catch!

Environment incorrectly set is a common problem.

Joe
On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Matthieu Dubois wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the problem is R software, who check its external dependencies only  
> in /usr/local. Thanks to a R archive, Gtk2 was recognised by first  
> entering in the  bash the following line:
>
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
>
> Best regards,
>
> Matthieu
>
> Le 16 Mar 2007 à 14:46, Joseph Lipowski a écrit :
>
>> Matthieu,
>>
>> I am a bit of a newbie also.  Generally you can run " make check"  
>> after the "make install".  I don't know if ithat is still valid  
>> using macports.  It is likely the case, though I typically install  
>> manually so I may be in error.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Joe Lipowski
>> On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Matthieu Dubois wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Macports Users,
>>>
>>> I am newbie to macports and even to the terminal. I needed gtk2  
>>> for compatibility with RGtk2 (a R stat software package). I thus  
>>> installed mac ports (from binary), and  port install gtk2 without  
>>> any problem. However, when trying to to install the R package  
>>> (within R, of course), no GTK was detected (and installation  
>>> failed). Checking the path in my ~/.profile gives:
>>>
>>> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
>>>
>>> Thus, my --certainly-- basic question: what's wrong ? How  can I  
>>> check that gtk2 was correctly installed (port installed indicates  
>>> gtk2 was installed) and accessible ?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> Matthieu Dubois
>>>
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>>
>

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