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

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