On 2/27/07, Bricklemyer, Ross S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I am a new user to Linux but I am familiar with R. I have previously > used and installed R on a Windows platform without problems. I recently > set up a dual boot system (XP_64, Mandriva) to run R on a Linux platform > in order to more efficiently handle large datasets. I have not done > compiling before, but read the R instructions and followed to my best > ability. I downloaded the most recent tar and unpacked it into > /usr/local/R_HOME. I was able to run ./configure and added the > additional Linux packages necessary to compile. The problem arises > using the 'make' command. When I run make I get an error that there is > not a target or a makefile. There is, however, Makefile.in in the > directory. I think I am close to getting this installed, but I am > stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do not suppose that > any of the pre compiled Linux versions (i.e. Debian, SuSe) available on > CRAN mirrors would run on a Mandriva distro?
You skipped a step. Unpack then run configure then run make. ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
