After registering with the RHN, su -c 'yum install R' worked fine. I now have a working version of R:
> sessionInfo() R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu Marc, you mentioned there is a 2.10 available at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=1230 Is there an easy way to install that or I'll have to wait until it makes it to the RHEL repos. Thank you again. -Christos On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 17:47 -0500, Christos Hatzis wrote: > Marc, > > It seems that the RHEL is there and is active. I'd rather stay with RHEL > since I do have purchased support. > I have started the process of registering the system with RHN so I will try > to see if system updates will solve the problem. Will report back. > > Thanks again. > -Christos > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Fedora] Installing R on RedHat EL 5 > > Hmmm....that would suggest that yum is not picking up the default RHEL > repos for some reason, as it would seem logical that those files would > be there as opposed to the EPEL. Typically, yum will get any > dependencies from all enabled and accessible repos. > > As RHEL's repos for their binary RPMs are only available to folks who > have paid for support, I am not sure how to best assist in getting the > yum repo config RPM so that you can install or re-install it to > confirm that the RHEL repo is configured and active. > > One thing that you can check is to use: > > yum repolist > > which should show you the current list of configured repos on your > system and whether or not they are enabled. I suppose that it is > possible that either the main RHEL binary repo is not configured on > your system, it is not enabled or perhaps your system is being > prevented from accessing it. You may have to run that command as 'root'. > > An alternative, which has some risk, is to use the CentOS yum repos, > which are supposed to be binary compatible with RHEL. The risk is that > if you are in fact paying for RHEL support to RH, I would be hesitant > to mix and match, if there is any risk of complications in the support > contract. > > Not having the 'devel' versions of the various RPMs will at some point > cause you problems when installing source packages from CRAN. > > A lot of the important details here are going to be dependent upon how > you installed RHEL and whether or not there is a paid support contract > in place for your installation. If you have a SysAdmin that installed > RHEL for you, he or she would be of help in resolving this. > > HTH, > > Marc > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Christos Hatzis wrote: > > > The installation seems to have gone through ok, but this is what I am > > getting at the end: > > > > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems > > --> Missing Dependency: libX11-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems > > --> Missing Dependency: pcre-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems > > --> Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems > > --> Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > Error: Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > Error: Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > Error: Missing Dependency: pcre-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > Error: Missing Dependency: libX11-devel is needed by package > > R-devel-2.9.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) > > > > Do I need to install other tools before running > > su -c 'yum install R'? > > > > Thanks again. > > -Christos > > > > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 15:11 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote: > >> On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Christos Hatzis wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am totally new to Linux and trying to install R and related > >>> tools. I > >>> downloaded the rpm files for el4/x86_64 from the CRAN repository and > >>> tried to run rpm but it did not go through complaining about > >>> dependencies. > >>> > >>> Do all the listed rpm files need to be installed? What is the order > >>> in > >>> which these need to be installed? > >>> > >>> I appreciate any help with this or any suggestions for alternate > >>> ways > >>> for installing pre-compiled versions of R and the packages in RHL. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> -Christos Hatzis > >> > >> The easiest way is to use the EPEL, which is a yum repository for > >> RHEL > >> and CentOS. > >> > >> There is more information here: > >> > >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL > >> > >> with the key steps here in the FAQ: > >> > >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse > >> > >> If you are on 64 bit RHEL, you will need to replace the 'i386' in the > >> first command's path with 'x86_64': > >> > >> su -c 'rpm -Uvh > >> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-3.noarch > >> . > >> rpm' > >> > >> Then replace 'foo' in the second command with 'R', which will install > >> R and any other dependencies that you may require: > >> > >> su -c 'yum install R' > >> > >> Note that the latest version available appears to be 2.9.2 and I > >> suspect that this is due to the imminent release of Fedora 12, which > >> is presumably consuming Tom Callaway and others at the moment. > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> Marc Schwartz > >> > >> > > -- > > Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. > > Nuvera Biosciences > > Woburn, MA 01801 > > > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Fedora mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora > -- Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. Nuvera Biosciences Woburn, MA 01801 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Fedora mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora
