Subject: Re: [R] Problems compiling (configure) R on Ubuntu linux (debian)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:47:42 -0600
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ulises M. Alvarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ulises,
Thanks -- but I am not the Ubuntu user who asked. Could you resend this to him, and the list?
On 5 February 2005 at 12:37, Ulises M. Alvarez wrote: | Hello! | | I agree that the easiest way to get R in Ubuntu is with apt-get or with | the GUI-based synaptic. Just make yourself sure that both the 'universe' | and 'multiverse' repositories are available in your | /etc/apt/sources.list, something like: | | ### /etc/apt/sources.list (partial view) | deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty universe multiverse | deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty universe multiverse | ### | | Then, all you have to type is: | | sudo aptitude update | sudo aptitude install r-base r-base-core r-base-latex r-cran-hmisc
Or apt-get, or wajig, or ...
| On the other hand, if you insist on compile R for your Ubuntu box, I'll | recommend you to install (all in a long line): | | sudo aptitude install build-essential g77 libmagick++6-dev libpng3-dev | libtiff-tools libtk-img libtiff4-dev tcl8.4 tcl8.4-dev tk8.4 tk8.4-dev | a2ps libedit-dev libreadline4-dev tclreadline tetex-base tetex-bin | tetex-extra
'apt-get build-dep r-base' is much easier, and possibly more complete :-)
That was a helpful post, though. Please send it to the list.
Cheers, Dirk
|
| And that's all I can remember now. Beware that this may take time,
| depending on your Internet connection.
|
| Let me know if you need more help.
|
|
| Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| > On 5 February 2005 at 14:25, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
| > | =?windows-1250?Q?Ale=9A_=8Eiberna?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > | > I am new to Linux and I tried to compile R on my Ubuntu Warty linux. I
| >
| > There is really no need to do this, especially when you're new to Linux. The
| > command
| >
| > $ apt-get install r-base
| >
| > (or is graphical equivalent via aptitude et al) is your friend. You may have
| > to add Debian archives to the list of archives search when you do 'apt-get
| > update'. I'm sure the Ubunto docs explain how to do that.
| >
| > Dirk, whose free Ubunto cdrom is still unused for lack of time
| >
|
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| U.M.A.
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