R for Mac OS X

Development Tools and Libraries

This directory contains tools and libraries that are part of the base distribution of R for Mac OS X.

Note: CRAN does not have Mac OS X systems and cannot check these binaries for viruses. Altough we take precautions when assembling binaries, please use the normal precautions with downloaded executables.

Files:

gfortran-4.2.3.dmg
MD5-hash: 9551fc46f55537dd1db581154daf27ef
(ca. 27MB)
Universal GNU Fortran 4.2.3 for Mac OS X 10.4 and higher. It is necessary in order to build R packages from sources that contain Fortran code.

Unlike many other builds, this is a fully universal build of GNU Fortran that uses Apple's driver and supports all target architectures (i386, ppc, x86_64 and ppc64). As such it fully supports compilation into fat files like gfortran -arch i386 -arch ppc -arch x86_64 -arch ppc64 t.f -o t on both Intel Macs and PowerPC Macs (32- and 64-bit). Dependent libraries are fat as well, avioding problems known from other Fortran builds (such as those from HPC). It installs in /usr/local and comes with an uninstall-script.
 

tcltk-8.4.14-x11.dmg
MD5-hash: e26eb83a9fc343a001d381ef5052f8b6
(ca. 6.4MB)
Universal build of Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 for X11. This library is necessary in order to use the tcltk R package. It installs in /usr/local.

Subdirectories:

old Previous versions of tools as supplied with legacy R versions.

You may also want to read the R FAQ and R for Mac OS X FAQ. For discussion of Mac-related topics and reporting Mac-specific bugs, please use the R-SIG-Mac mailing list.

Information, tools and most recent daily builds of the R GUI, R-patched and R-devel can be found at http://R.research.att.com/. Please visit that page especially during beta stages to help us test the Mac OS X binaries before final release! The page also contains links to experimental builds as such 64-bit R for OS X.


Last modified: 2008/04/21, by Simon Urbanek