I did indeed install the r-base-dev. However, I did not send to the Debian mailing list.
Thanks, Erin On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:27 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>wrote: > > On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I have just installed R on an Ubutnu machine (13.04) > > Did you follow directions given here: > > http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > > "Users who need to compile R packages from source [e.g. package > maintainers, or anyone installing packages with install.packages()] should > also install the r-base-dev package: > > sudo apt-get install r-base-dev > " > > I ask because one ot the other directions that you did not follow was: > > "The best place to report problems with these packages or ask R questions > specific to Ubuntu is the R-SIG-Debian mailing list. See > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > " > > -- > David. > > > and keep getting the > > following: > > > > erin@erin-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y480:~$ R > > /usr/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory > > > > R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" > > Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > > > 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. > > > >> install.packages("pbdMPI",depen=TRUE) > > Installing package into /home/erin/lib/R/library > > (as lib is unspecified) > > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > also installing the dependency rlecuyer > > > > trying URL ' > > http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/src/contrib/rlecuyer_0.3-3.tar.gz' > > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 11756 bytes (11 Kb) > > opened URL > > ================================================== > > downloaded 11 Kb > > > > trying URL ' > > http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/src/contrib/pbdMPI_0.1-8.tar.gz' > > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 417547 bytes (407 Kb) > > opened URL > > ================================================== > > downloaded 407 Kb > > > > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 140: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or > > directory > > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or > > directory > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > > Calls: <Anonymous> -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(con, "r") : > > cannot open file '/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory > > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 140: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or > > directory > > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or > > directory > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > > Calls: <Anonymous> -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(con, "r") : > > cannot open file '/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory > > > > The downloaded source packages are in > > /tmp/RtmpAtAxNL/downloaded_packages > > Warning messages: > > 1: In install.packages("pbdMPI", depen = TRUE) : > > installation of package rlecuyer had non-zero exit status > > 2: In install.packages("pbdMPI", depen = TRUE) : > > installation of package pbdMPI had non-zero exit status > >> > > > > > > I uninstalled it, deleted the /etc/R and /usr/lib/R directories, and > > re-installed. (Actually, I followed that process twice). > > > > I'm still stuck. Does anyone have any suggestions, please? > > > > Thanks, > > Erin > > > > > > -- > > Erin Hodgess > > Associate Professor > > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences > > University of Houston - Downtown > > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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