On Dec 25, 2007 10:35 AM, Satoshi Takahama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Taka, > > I was just trying to do this yesterday and ran into the same problem > (compiling R 2.6.1 on Gutsy Gibbon). Apparently this happens on Debian/Ubuntu > distributions because the developer install is separate from the user install. > > Basically, to address the configure error: > > "--with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available" > > you need the development version of readline: > sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev > (see http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html) > > Later, I ran into another configure error: > "--with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not available" > so I installed xorg-dev: > sudo apt-get install xorg-dev > (see http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/06/11/5193.html) > > At the end, I also got a configure WARNING: > "you cannot build info or HTML versions of the R manuals " > so then I installed texinfo: > sudo apt-get install texinfo > (see http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/07/04/15498.html) > > Hope this helps, > > ST > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Takatsugu Kobayashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:52:11 AM > Subject: Re: [R] R Compilation error on Ubuntu > > > Hi > > I bought a new laptop HP dv9500 just a week ago and installed a Ubuntu > gutsy ribbon on this laptop. I wanted to install Fedora but there are > more threads on Ubuntu, so I decided to install Ubuntu. After hours of > struggle in configuring x server/graphic card stuff, I installed R for > Gutsy ribbon using "sudo apt-get install g77 r-core'. > > Now when I tried to install 'sp' package I got this error message: > > Warning in install.packages("sp") : argument 'lib' is missing: using > '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library' > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done > trying URL 'http://cran.mtu.edu/src/contrib/sp_0.9-17.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 359194 bytes > opened URL > ================================================== > downloaded 350Kb > > * Installing *source* package 'sp' ... > ** libs > gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -I/usr/share/R/include > -fpic -g -O2 -c gcdist.c -o gcdist.o > /bin/bash: gcc-4.2: command not found > make: *** [gcdist.o] Error 127 > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'sp' > ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/sp' > > The downloaded packages are in > /tmp/RtmpfOk3H7/downloaded_packages > Warning message: > installation of package 'sp' had non-zero exit status in: > install.packages("sp") > > Then, I removed this gutsy ribbon version of R and attempted to install > fresh R-2.6.1.tar.gz. When I tried to build it, I got this error > message: > > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are > not > available > > I installed xserver-xorg-dev ok. > > I am using Fedora 6 on my desktop and have never seen these above error > messages. Should I install a Fedora and R on it? Or should I just > create > a link using 'ln -s'? > > I appreciate your help. > > [[replacing trailing spam]] > > taka > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
I tried google and I find http://help.nceas.ucsb.edu/index.php/Installing_R_on_Ubuntu Perhaps it's more easy to install this manner. Happy Xmas, Rod. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
