[R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

2008-11-18 Thread Peter Tait
Hi, I am trying to update my version of R on Centos 4. $uname -a Linux 2.6.9-78.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Oct 8 07:06:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I tried to update the current version of R (2.6.2) which was installed locally as an rpm $R --version R version 2.6.2

Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

2008-11-18 Thread Gustavo Carvalho
xdg utils is probably not being recognized because you compiled it from source. The R rpm is looking for the xdg utils package. I'm not familiar with yum, but I think you can try to force the installation: rpm -ivh --force (or something like that) /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm On Tue, Nov 18,

Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

2008-11-18 Thread Marc Schwartz
I would not use 'force', as the consequences can be a corrupted RPM database and other conflicts. The xdg-utils RPM for RHEL 4 is available from here: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/ You might want to review the EPEL FAQ here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ

Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

2008-11-18 Thread Peter Tait
PROTECTED] CC: Peter Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED], r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:26 -0600 I would not use 'force', as the consequences can be a corrupted RPM database and other conflicts. The xdg-utils RPM for RHEL 4

Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

2008-11-18 Thread Marc Schwartz
the *.asc files? Cheers Peter Original Message Follows From: Marc Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gustavo Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Peter Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED], r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit