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Install on OS X using WINE/Crossover

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Tried to install the Windows version using CrossOver 9.0 on a Windows XP bottle with .NET.

R generated this log file:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "red-RCanvas.pyw", line 4, in <module>
  File "PyQt4\QtCore.pyc", line 12, in <module>
  File "PyQt4\QtCore.pyc", line 10, in __load
ImportError: DLL load failed: Module not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "red-RCanvas.pyw", line 4, in <module>
  File "PyQt4\QtCore.pyc", line 12, in <module>
  File "PyQt4\QtCore.pyc", line 10, in __load
ImportError: DLL load failed: Module not found

Using the run command interface, CrossOver generated this log:

** Sat Apr 16 13:54:13 2011
Starting '/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/SharedSupport/CrossOver/bin/wineloader' 'winewrapper.exe' '--workdir' '/Users/zachlym/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/Office 2007/drive_c/Program Files/Red-R/R/bin' '--start' '--'
'/Users/zachlym/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/Office 2007/drive_c/Program Files/Red-R/R/bin/R.exe'

fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100
fixme:font:WineEngCreateFontInstance Untranslated charset 255
Fatal error: you must specify '--save', '--no-save' or '--vanilla'

Attempting to run from the shell with --vanilla and --save didn't work, but I really had no idea what I was doing.

Will try CrossOver 10 later. A WINE installer would be an easy way to package R for Mac and Linux with less work than maintaining native builds. Maybe.

Mac installer available

I have been testing a native Mac installer. It's available at

Just unzip and move to the /applications dir.
Please let me know how it goes.
Anup

Red-R Mac already exists

Thanks for looking into this. Just to let you know that a mac installer has been created.

Don't know what is causing your error. Seems that PyQt isn't loading on your build...