R: How to install package tiff on Mac OS X Mavericks?

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I'd like to install package tiff from rforge (http://www.rforge.net/tiff/index.html) on Mac OS X Mavericks. R-Version is ``` > version _ platform x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0 arch x86_64 os darwin13.1.0 system x86_64, darwin13.1.0 status major 3 minor 1.0 year 2014 month 04 day 10 svn rev 65387 language R version.string R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) nickname Spring Dance ``` Trying to install it I get the following error: ``` > install.packages("tiff","http://rforge.net/",type="source") Warning in install.packages : 'lib = "http://rforge.net/"' is not writable Would you like to use a personal library instead? (y/n) y versuche URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/tiff_0.1-5.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 28925 bytes (28 Kb) URL geöffnet ================================================== downloaded 28 Kb * installing *source* package ‘tiff’ ... ** Paket ‘tiff’ erfolgreich entpackt und MD5 Summen überprüft ** libs clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/includ…

Accepted Answer

If you've got macports or homebrew installed, you should use them to install libtiff.

Here's what you need to run to install libtiff using homebrew:

```
brew install libtiff
```

After this is done, you can install the tiff package in R:

```
install.packages("tiff", type="source") 
```

Cheers,

George

R: How to install package tiff on Mac OS X Mavericks?

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