when you do pkg_add -r R it should install R and you will not need to run make. To invoke R, you just need to type R in your prompt. Here is what I have on my FreeBSD:
FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE (GENERIC2) #0: Sat Jan 5 21:27:47 CST 2008 Welcome to .... %R R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03) Copyright (C) 2007 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > Kitty Lee wrote: > Thanks to Saeed Abu Nimeh. I used pkg_add to install R package on 4.4BSD. > > My directory now has the following: > > BUILDDIR Makefrag.cc_lo config.log m4 tests > Makeconf Makefrag.cxx config.status po tools > Makefile R-2.6.1 doc roots > Makefile.bak R-2.6.1.tar.gz etc share > Makefrag.cc SVN-REVISION libtool src > > > But the make check shows errors: > > [2:32pm][~] >> make check > `Makedeps' is up to date. > make: don't know how to make ../../bin/exec/R. Stop > *** Error code 2 > > Stop in /usr/home/xxx/tests/Examples. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/home/xxx/tests. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/home/xxx/tests. > *** Error code 1 > > > How to fix this error? And then what are the steps involved to invoke R? > > I know eventually I need to use commands like R CMD. But what are the steps > before this? > > (Sorry, I have not done anything before on unix and am trying to figure > things out from bits and pieces off the internet. I would truly appreciate > any help or hint!) > > K. > > > --------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.