Hi, I am trying to install R 2.9.0 on AIX 5.3. During the 'make' run I get the following error:
Error: Invalid DESCRIPTION file Invalid Priority field. Packages with priorities 'base' or 'recommended' or 'defunct-base' must already be known to R. See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual. Execution halted Any ideas? Full output below. Thanks Loris Here is the full output of 'make': Target "R" is up to date. Target "R" is up to date. Target "R" is up to date. Target "R" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libbz2.a" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libpcre.a" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libz.a" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "R" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libappl.a" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libnmath.a" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libunix.a" is up to date. xlc_r -q64 -I. -I../../src/include -I../../src/include -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O -qstrict -DR_HOME='"/opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0"' -o Rscript ./Rscript.c Target "Makedeps" is up to date. /opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0/bin/exec/R is unchanged Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "internet.so" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "libRlapack.so" is up to date. /opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0/lib/libRlapack.so is unchanged Target "lapack.so" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "vfonts.so" is up to date. Target "all" is up to date. Target "Makedeps" is up to date. Target "R_X11.so" is up to date. building system startup profile building package 'base' all.R is unchanged building package 'tools' all.R is unchanged Target "Makedeps" is up to date. ../../../../library/tools/libs/tools.so is unchanged Error: Invalid DESCRIPTION file Invalid Priority field. Packages with priorities 'base' or 'recommended' or 'defunct-base' must already be known to R. See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual. Execution halted make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. -- Dr. Loris Bennett Computer Centre Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany ______________________________________________ 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.