Hi Mark, Did you try what is written at the very end of the READMEs
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ and http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/ i.e. install r-base-dev and then update the packages from within R? Johannes * Mark W Kimpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071030 16:40]: > I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy and, for the first time, am > using a 64-bit installation. After failing miserably to install R from > source, not a problem for me in the past with a 32-bit install, I went > the route of using the Debian Etch build. This went smoothly, but I am > unable to update my numerous R and BioConductor packages, getting > non-zero exit status errors on each package. Is there a repository of > pre-built packages for Debian Etch 64 besides the r-base and > r-recommended? If not, could someone suggest how I might get things > working installing from source? > > I have installed the ia32 library, which did help me build VMWare, but > did not help with R. Reading the R-admin manual, there are some > suggested compiler flags, but I don't know how to enter them as I am a > relative new-comer to Linux. > > Thanks so much, > Mark > > --- > > Mark W. Kimpel MD ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry > Indiana University School of Medicine > > 15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN 46074 > > (317) 490-5129 Work, & Mobile & VoiceMail > (317) 663-0513 Home (no voice mail please) > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- Dr. Johannes Ranke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: F649AF90 UFT Bremen, Leobenerstr. 1 +49 421 218 63373 D-28359 Bremen http://www.uft.uni-bremen.de/chemie/ranke _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian