[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I use linux debian testing for which the latest debianized version of R > is 1.8.1. Therefore I installed: > > r-base-core_1.8.1-0.cran.1_i386.deb > r-base-dev_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-base-html_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-base-latex_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-base_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-doc-html_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-doc-info_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-doc-pdf_1.8.1-0.cran.1_all.deb > r-gnome_1.8.1-0.cran.1_i386.deb > r-mathlib_1.8.1-0.cran.1_i386.deb > r-recommended_1.8.1-0.cran.1_i386.deb > > Being impatient of moving to R v. 1.9.0 I would like to install and compile > R from the source code in the *.tgz file from CRAN. > > My question is: > > In so doing will anything be missing with respect to the deb packages I've > mentioned? > (e.g. r-gnome? r-mathlab?)
An alternative is to download and expand the sources for R-1.9.0 then cd to the top-level R source directory and run dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc That will build all of the Debian R packages in a form suitable for your system. We are still working out how to provide R packages for Debian testing and Debian stable on CRAN again. As Dirk Eddelbuettel and Fritz Leisch and I will have a chance to discuss this during useR!2004 we should be able to have a new system for the Debian section of CRAN in place for the 1.9.1 release of R. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
