R Packages for Macintosh
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See PACKAGES for the version numbers and descriptions of the
packages.

PLEASE NOTE! You should download the latest version of the packages
otherwise they will not run with this release of R.

The directory is organized as follows:

*.sit	        contain Stuffit archive of packages built for R 1.7.0
old/rmxyz	(dir)	contains Stuffit archives of each single package
		built specifically for the R binary corresponding
		to release of R x.y.z.

old/anyR	(dir)	contains Stuffit archives of each single that
                do not need a particular version of R binary to
                run.
                
Each of the above directories may contain a folder called:

Devel	(subdir)	contains Stuffit archives of each single package.
                	These are packages at developer stage.  Each archive 
                	also contains a directory 'src' useful to build 
                	packages on your own.


Very little testing has been done beyond running all the examples:
please report problems TO ME (not R-help), but do not expect quick repairs.
(As a matter of policy, problems reported to R-help will be ignored.)

NOTES:

To install the packages simply unstuff the corresponding .sit
archive and put the files in the rmxyz:library directory.


BUILD:

If you want to build packages on your own you should proceed
as follows:

0.  Follow all the instructions given in the file
    src/macintosh/INSTALL
1.  download the package.tgz archive
2.  decompress it with Stuffit Expander inside the
    "src/library" folder of your current "rmxyz" distribution
3a. look inside the folder "src/macintosh/makefiles". If a
    "package.mac" file is present than you should simply edit
    the "MakeAdd.mac" makefile inside the folder "src/macintosh"
    according to the instruction provided inside that file
3b. in case the make files is not present you have to provide it
    on your own. Write us or look inside any ther makefile for
    examples. Once you have the makefile you have to edit the
    file MakeAdd.mac makefile as in point 3. 
4.  inside MPWShell type
    make -f MakeAdd.mac > build
    build
5.  when finished form inside R use the link.html.help()
    function to update the html index of packages
6.  if you have provided a new makefile for a paticular
    package, please send it to us and we will add it
    for next release of R.
   
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The packages update is going to be maintaned together with
Jean Thioulouse who is helping me currently from R  1.4.1.
packages. Thanks Jean!

Any comments or problems with packages should be filed to
both:

Jean Thioulouse <Jean.Thioulouse@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr>
Stefano M.Iacus <stefano.iacus@unimi.it>

May 2003