I compiled R-2.9.2 from source on Cent OS. But the compile R program does not support command completion.
I get the following configure output that is related to readline. Why 'rl_completion_matches' doesn't exist? How should I make R support command completion? =================== checking readline/history.h usability... yes checking readline/history.h presence... yes checking for readline/history.h... yes checking readline/readline.h usability... yes checking readline/readline.h presence... yes checking for readline/readline.h... yes checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no checking for main in -lncurses... yes checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... yes checking for history_truncate_file... yes checking whether rl_completion_matches exists and is declared... no checking readline/history.h usability... yes checking readline/history.h presence... yes checking for readline/history.h... yes checking readline/readline.h usability... yes checking readline/readline.h presence... yes checking for readline/readline.h... yes checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no checking for main in -lncurses... yes checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... yes checking for history_truncate_file... yes checking whether rl_completion_matches exists and is declared... no ===================== Here is my sessionInfo() of the compiled R. ========================= $ R R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > sessionInfo() R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel