On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 09:05 -0400, Jonathan Baron wrote: > I was able to compile R-2.0.0 successfully on another fc3 > computer, theoretically identical to the first three. I'm sorry > for starting this thread. > > It does seem that I had a problem that resulted from having only > tk and tcl, but not tk-devel and tcl-devel. Perhaps after I > installed these I forgot to log out and log in again, so they > weren't found. > > When I did it successfully, I installed the devel versions first, > then logged in as root and did everything as root. (Initially I > had done only the very last step - make install - as root.) > Probably this doesn't matter either.
Logging in and out should not be needed. The header files (installed from the 'devel' RPMS) are installed in standard locations on Linux (ie. /usr/include) as are the libraries (ie. /usr/lib) and these are usually picked up by the configure script. There is really nothing in terms of "environment" variables for example, that would need to get updated via a logout/login cycle. Unlike Windows, which for example can require a full re-boot when certain components get installed, about the only time Linux needs a re-boot is to utilize a new kernel. Otherwise the majority of system updates are done "hot". When building from source, I do it all as a regular user and as you reference above, then 'su' to root for the installation. Best regards, Marc Schwartz ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
