> What's the best way to install R? That depends upon your needs.
For a simple usage scenario, emerge is the best as it will become part of your world file and will be updated automatically as new releases are put out. For a custom usage (i.e. you need to use special options for the configure script or you really don't want portage to manage the package or you're using a package that has not been put into portage yet), the standard tgz/configure/make install cycle works. I'd avoid the RPM route, however, as you're no longer running a redhat-based distribution. I'm not an rpm user, so I can't really comment on rpm usage except to say that I haven't run into a package that was available as an RPM that wasn't also available either via portage or the standard tgz/configure/make install cycle. -- [email protected] mailing list
