On 6/22/2011 2:35 PM, Dale wrote: > When I did that, it complained that cantor was built with no backend. > Did you get the same thing? It said this here: > > WARN (postinst) > > You have decided to build cantor with no backend. > To have this application functional, please do one of below: > # emerge -va1 '='kde-base/cantor-4.6.4 with 'R' USE flag enabled > # emerge -vaDu sci-mathematics/maxima
The odds of you ever needing to use cantor are practically nil. And if you did, you'd probably already have R installed and know what FORTRAN was. So, don't worry about it. --Mike