Re: [R] Package compiling problem in Linux

2006-02-13 Thread Waichler, Scott R
> The only way I can see this happening is if you installed a > ix86 RPM on a > x86_86 system. You can do that and R will run, but you will > not be able to build packages out of the box. This is exactly what happened. Now I know to use 'uname -a' to check machine architecture first. I was ab

Re: [R] Package compiling problem in Linux

2006-02-13 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Waichler, Scott R wrote: > I am trying to install packages in R-2.2.1 on a Redhat WS4 system. I What architecture is this? How did you install R? > get the following error messages trying to install, for example, the > akima package: > >> R.version.string > [1] "R version

[R] Package compiling problem in Linux

2006-02-13 Thread Waichler, Scott R
Hi, I am trying to install packages in R-2.2.1 on a Redhat WS4 system. I get the following error messages trying to install, for example, the akima package: > R.version.string [1] "R version 2.2.1, 2005-12-20" > install.packages("akima", lib="/usr/lib/R/library", repos = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/