I've always built from source and almost never had to do anything beyond "tar zxf sources.tgz; ./configure; make; make install" (on various Red Hat versions). On the other hand ... I've been hoping to move in the direction of an apt- or rpm-based solution to get a better handle on tracking package versions etc. etc. across multiple machines ... It does seem as though the Debian folks (Eddelbuettel [sp]?) are very quick about packaging apt versions ...
Ben On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Jason Turner wrote: > Nathan Leon Pace, MD, MStat wrote: > > > To all: > > > > I currently download the R binaries for Redhat 7.x Linux. > > > > There is considerable turmoil in the vendors of Linux. Redhat apparently > > is changing it's business model to paid versions. > > > > This might motivate my department to use a different vendor of Linux. > > > > Is there anything predictable about which vendors/versions of Linux will > > have R binaries in the future? > > Short answer: build from source. You won't regret it. > > Long answer: > The "build from source" approach is remarkably painless under any Linux > distribution I've tried (RH, SuSE, Slackware, et. al.). It's also > painless under Solaris. > > The days of having to be a programmer to build R from source have been > over for years. If you're computer literate enough to use R, you're > probably over-qualified to build from sources. > > Kudos to R-core for their attention to detail in making what's > complicated "under the hood" quite simple for the end user. > > Alternate answer: > If you absolutely must have binaries, there will be binaries as long as > there are users of your OS with time they wish to commit to building > them. This may be where your sysadmin steps in :) > > Cheers > > Jason > -- 620B Bartram Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zoology Department, University of Florida http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker Box 118525 (ph) 352-392-5697 Gainesville, FL 32611-8525 (fax) 352-392-3704 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
