Optional Libraries, Frameworks and Applications for Mac OS X

GTK+_2.14.3-X11-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz26147455Oct 24 2008
fftw-3.2.2-darwin9-bin4.tar.gz3700705Oct 21 10:29
ggobi-2.1.8-darwin8-bin2.tar.gz1097726Jan 15 2009
gmp-4.2.4-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz881762Oct 24 2008
gsl-1.13-darwin9-bin4.tar.gz14504768Sep 29 14:09
jags-1.0.3-ppc64.tar.gz433713Jan 7 2009
libpng-1.2.32-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz461783Oct 24 2008
mpfr-2.3.2-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz856732Oct 24 2008
netcdf-4.0.1-darwin89-bin4.tar.gz4068050Jul 22 20:43
readline-5.2-12-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz1277391Oct 24 2008
tiff-3.9.1-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz18183738Sep 29 14:28
xz-4.999.9beta-darwin9-bin4.tar.gz2702277Sep 22 17:43
gtk2.14-x11.dmg26130169Nov 18 2008

darwin8 = for Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
darwin89= 32-bit for Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
darwin9 = for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
It is safe to use darwin8 binaries on Mac OX S 10.5 (Leopard) and unless there is some new Leopard-specific functionality we don't release darwin9 binaries
bin4 = quad-arch binary (32-bit and 64-bit, Intel and PPC)
bin2 = universal binary (32-bit only, Intel and PPC)

Install by unpacking to the root, e.g.:

curl -O http://r.research.att.com/libs/gmp-4.2.4-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz
sudo tar fvxz gmp-4.2.4-darwin8-bin4.tar.gz -C /
Most binaries (except for GTK+) live in /usr/local and are static PIC builds (i.e. they can be used in R packages without the need for runtime dylibs).

For more libraries, see the CRAN devpack.


Note (2009/01/15): ggobi binary was modified at the request of the authors to install in /usr/local/ggobi instead of the default /usr/local. CRAN binaries will reflect the change as well. Consequently, you will have to add /usr/local/ggobi/bin to your PATH and if you develop against ggobi /usr/local/ggobi/lib/pkgconfig to your PKG_CONFIG_PATH in order to see ggobi.