[R] R under suse linux 9.3

[Ernesto Jardim]

Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Ernesto Jardim <ernesto at ipimar.pt> writes:
> 
> 
>>Mahdi Osman wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, dear list members, 
>>> 
>>>I've been using R under windows XP and I am now changing 
>>>my system to SUSE LINUX 9.3. 
>>> 
>>>I could figure out that there is no precompiled version 
>>>of R for LINUX. To get me going, I would like your help 
>>>regarding what I need to setup R under my SUSE LINUX. 
>>> 
>>>Which compiler do I need to be able to compile the source 
>>>and I was wondering if I could get GNU compiler? 
>>> 
>>>I highly appreciate your help and for taking your time. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>Looking forward to hearing from you 
>>> 
>>>Regards  
>>> 
>>>Mahdi 
>>>
>>
>>Hi Mahdi,
>>
>>Just uncompress the file
>>
>>tar -xzf R-2.1.0.tar.gz
> 
> 
> Er, 2.1.1 has been out a couple of weeks...
>  
> 
>>cd into the directory and do
>>
>>./configure --prefix=/usr/local
>>make
>>make install
>>
>>It might happen that some packages are not installed, the most common is 
>>not to have the devel version of "readline" and "f2c". Just start yast 
>>and install these packages.
> 
> 
> f2c ?? 
> 
> gcc-g77 more likely. Plus various other stuff relating to tcl/tk, etc.
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> 
> 
>>Another issue is that you should run the previous commands with your 
>>user and the "make install" has root.
> 
> 
> Yes, but what was ever wrong with 
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> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/suse/9.3/RPMS/i586/R-base-2.1.1-1.i586.rpm
> 
> ?
> 


Hi,

Probably nothing is wrong with the rpm, I just prefer to compile it 
myself ...

Regards

EJ