Gavin Simpson wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:57 -0400, Kevin E. Thorpe wrote: > >>I downloaded R-patched (2005-08-04) from CRAN today. >>I ran ./configure --enable-R-shlib >> >>I received the error message: >> >>checking for recommended packages... no >>configure: error: Some of the recommended packages are missing >> Use --without-recommended-packages if this was intentional > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > So was this intentional?
No, it wasn't. > >>I built a previous version of R-patched successfully on my system >>which is running the SuSE 9,2 Pro Linux distribution. I untarred the >>tar ball into the same directory I did my last build on in case that's >>important. >> >>The only other differences between this attempt and my successful build >>are: >> >>1. I did not use --enable-R-shlib last time. >>2. I found and installed the blas libraries for this build. >> >>Have I messed up or made an erroneous assumption along the way? > > > Yes and No. You obviously haven't compiled R recently. If you haven't > got the recommended packages in the source you are compiling, configure > now gives an error, which quite clearly states (and you've quoted it in > your email!) that it cannot find (some of) the recommended packages. Actually, I compiled it about a week ago. Here is my current version. > version _ platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status Patched major 2 minor 1.1 year 2005 month 07 day 28 language R When I compiled that version, I did my "tar xzf" to a clean directory and did not receive that error. > A solution - again given by the error message you quote! - is: > > ./configure --enable-R-shlib --without-recommended-packages > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > That should clear things up. I realise that would clear it up. I was puzzled why I got this message in the first place, given I didn't get it last week. > Other wise you need to cd to the R directory (where you have the source > code), and then execute ./tools/rsync-recommended and then run your > configure command. > > HTH > > G Thanks for the rsync tip. -- Kevin E. Thorpe Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 416.946.8081 Fax: 416.971.2462 ______________________________________________ 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