Hi Paola Note that you do not need to "make" ess, unless you want to compile elisp files and/or do some system directory installation.
I just extract the archive file contents to a directory and add the path to the ess directory in my .emacs file, all as described in the step-by-step instructions at ess.r-project.org Try skipping the make step. Best Steven McKinney > -----Original Message----- > From: ESS-help [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: February-14-17 4:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ESS] Help in compiling ESS > > Dear ESS experts, > > I've always been using emacs as an editor and recently I started to work > with R, therefore I would be very happy to be able to use the functionality > of ESS. > > I don't have my own linux computer but I use machines on a farm, so I don't > have access to the installation of emacs or R. > The linux distribution installed is: > > Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer > Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga) > Release: 5.11 > Codename: Tikanga > > > I tried to install ESS in my home and to compile it, but I get this errors: > > :/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10$ > |=> ls > COPYING Makeconf README.md VERSION ess-autoloads.el install-sh > rsn.txt > ChangeLog Makefile RPM.spec debian etc lisp > test > LDA OONEWS RPM.spec.in doc fontlock-test mkinstalldirs > :/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10$ > |=> make > cd etc; make all > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10/etc' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10/etc' > cd lisp; make all > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10/lisp' > emacs -batch -no-site-file -no-init-file -l ./ess-comp.el -f batch-byte- > compile ess-custom.el > loading 'ess-compat .. > loading 'ess-custom .. > Symbol's function definition is void: defvaralias > make[1]: *** [ess-custom.elc] Error 255 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/giovannp/ess/ess-16.10/lisp' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > > The functionality I mostly need is the text highlighting, is there > somethink I can do? > > Thanks > Paola. > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
