never mind: my sys admin (he is a newbie too, now i think) tells me I should run make install then make though i thought in another way. anyway, i found the problem: I should run make then make install. :)
On 13 Jun 2005 18:41:58 +0200, Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Weiwei Shi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I got an error message when I run make install: > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `index.html': No such file or directory > > make[2]: *** [install] Error 1 > > > > the full description as below: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] R-patched]# make install > > make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/m4' > > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'. > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/m4' > > make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/tools' > > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'. > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/tools' > > make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc' > > installing doc ... > > make[2]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc/html' > > installing doc/html ... > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `index.html': No such file or directory > > make[2]: *** [install] Error 1 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc/html' > > make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc' > > make: *** [install] Error 1 > > > > > > when I run configure, I got two warnings, is it the cause the problem > > in make install? > > > > R is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu > > > > Source directory: . > > Installation directory: /usr/lib/R > > > > C compiler: gcc -g -O2 > > C++ compiler: g++ -g -O2 > > Fortran compiler: g77 -g -O2 > > > > Interfaces supported: X11 > > External libraries: readline, BLAS(generic) > > Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS > > Options enabled: shared library, R profiling > > > > Recommended packages: yes > > > > configure: WARNING: you cannot build DVI versions of the R manuals > > configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals > > Yes. You cannot install without having built those, so you need to > install the texinfo tools. Specifically > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] BUILD]$ rpm -q texinfo > texinfo-4.8-2.1 > > > > > > > On 13 Jun 2005 18:04:22 +0200, Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Weiwei Shi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have some problem when I tried to install R from source: > > > > work as root > > > > cd /root/dls/R-patched # this is where I unzip the file: > > > > R-patched_2005-06-08.tar.gz > > > > make clean > > > > > > > > # i need my R_HOME=/usr/lib/R and I need to create libR.so for > > > > RSPython, so I did: > > > > ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/R --enable-R-shlib > > > > make > > > > > > > > But I found the R is built in /root/dls/R-patched/bin instead of > > > > /usr/lib/R/bin > > > > > > > > Did I miss something here? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > make install > > > > > > -- > > > O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ุster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B > > > c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > > > (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) > > > 35327918 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Weiwei Shi, Ph.D > > > > "Did you always know?" > > "No, I did not. But I believed..." > > ---Matrix III > > > > -- > O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ุster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B > c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 > ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 > -- Weiwei Shi, Ph.D "Did you always know?" "No, I did not. But I believed..." ---Matrix III ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html