[R] Precompiled x86_64 Binaries?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Yes, under redhat/fc3.  Did you forget to mention SuSE?

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Thomas Colson wrote:

> Can't seem to find a x86_64 RPM for R on any of the DL mirrors. Does one
> exist?
>
> From: Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard_at_biostat.ku.dk>
> Date: Fri 22 Oct 2004 - 23:00:41 EST
> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> R does not run under (beta) 64-bit Windows on x86_64 and we have no plans
>> to port it there, but it does run under 32-bit Windows on that processor.
>> I am sure it will run on several 64-bit operating systems on Apple
>> Macintosh's so-called G5 hardware -- I believe we have seen a report that
>> includes an in-progress version of MacOS 10.4 -- and also several 32-bit
>> ones.
>
> Re. Windows, the issue is that we're using the mingw32 toolkit. If there is
> ever a mingw64, I'm sure we'd attempt a port almost immediately.
>
>> If you want a prebuilt version you are out of luck except for Debian Linux
>> on Alpha or ia64, from a quick glance.
>
> Actually, I've rolled up an x86_64 RPM for SuSE 9.1 which should be en route
> to CRAN. Detlef Steuer is awaiting delivery of a 64bit machine and plan to
> maintain the SuSE version in the longer run. It's sitting in
> http://www.biostat.ku.dk/~pd/R-suse9.1-x86_64 for now.
>
> In general, it seems to be quite trivial to take a SPEC or SRPM for the 32
> bit version of a distribution and rebuild an RPM for 64 bits.
>
> However, you might prefer to install from the source tarball anyway if you
> want to take advantage of high-performance libraries (some of which can not
> be redistributed).

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