[R] Package compiling problem in Linux

[Waichler, Scott R]

> The only way I can see this happening is if you installed a 
> ix86 RPM on a
> x86_86 system.  You can do that and R will run, but you will 
> not be able to build packages out of the box.

This is exactly what happened.  Now I know to use 'uname -a' to check
machine architecture first.  I was able to install the x86_64 version
and then packages successfully.

Thanks very much,
Scott Waichler