difficulty updating libiconv

[David Winsemius]

On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:07 PM, Sterling Smith wrote:

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> On Apr 23, 2013, at 10:56PM, David Winsemius wrote:
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>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>>> 
>>> When you wrote /opt/local, did you mean /usr/local? If so, please get rid of it. Having software installed in /usr/local will interfere with MacPorts.
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>> I'm in between two authorities here. The people who maintain R expect that some of their tools will reside in usr/local/. I need R more than I need Macports, so I'm not going to trash usr/local/.
>> 
> Have you tried port install R?  (There also appear to be R-app and R-framework ports...)

I have not. The "standard R" install on the Mac uses a Framework. (I do not know if that is compatible with MacPorts installation practices.) Simply knowing that an R port exists would not be  sufficient either. I would need to know what version and my recent experience with libiconv has shown my significant limitations in being able to access such information. I have been led to understand that MacPorts does not maintain an up-to-date version, so am not likely to go that route. 

-- 
David.


>>> 
>>> The explicit command to move /usr/local aside could be:
>>> 
>>> sudo mv /usr/local /usr/local-off
>>> 
>>> And to move it back, if you insist on doing so:
>>> 
>>> sudo mv /usr/local-off /usr/local
>>> 
>>> We instead recommend you install any software you need using MacPorts. tcl, tk, ImageMagick and sqlite3 are all available and well-maintained in MacPorts.
>> 
>> ImageMagick perhaps could be removed,  but the GUI's for R are fairly dependent on tcl/tk.
>> 
>> -- 
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA