Daniel Nordlund wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:49 PM >>To: Daniel Nordlund >>Cc: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [R] installation of R on Linux >> >>On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Daniel Nordlund wrote: >> >> >>>R-users, >>> >>>I am new user of Linux (have been using Win XP Pro) and wanted to >>>install R. Since I am just beginning to learn Linux I was wondering, >>>where in the directory structure do users of Linux usually install R? >>>Most of the instructions I have read simply say to untar the tarball >>>where you want to install the program. Any suggestions would be welcome >>>as to an appropriate place. I know I could get an rpm, but wanted to >>>use this as a learning process for a variety of skills. Currently >>>working with SuSE 9.1 >> >>There is a definitive set of instructions, in the file INSTALL in >>the tarball and at >> >>https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/INSTALL >> >>Unpacking and installing are separate operations. There is more >>information in the R-admin manual (which you already have in a Windows >>version of R, and is also in the tarball). >> >>What most of us do is to untar in any convenient place (I use ~/R), use >>configure, make, and then use 'make install' to >install< R. This >>installs in /usr/local in the conventional subdirectories (and >>conventionally needs su to access). Having installed, you can wipe out >>the unpacked version of the tarball. >> >>So, in my example >> >>cd ~/R >>tar zxf R-2.2.1.tar.gz >>cd R-2.2.1 >>configure >>make >>make info pdf >>su >>make install install-info install-pdf >>[leave su shell] >>cd .. >>rm -rf R-2.2.1 >> >>Rehash and start R. >> >>-- >>Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >>University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >>1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >>Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > > Prof. Ripley, > > Thanks for the example and the pointers to various locations for > documentation. As a new user of Linux (with minimal experience in using > Unix-like systems), I am somewhat uncomfortable putting programs just > anywhere since there seem to be default locations for where many system > programs reside. Your concrete example is very helpful. > > Thanks again, > > Daniel Nordlund > Bothell, WA USA >
One additional point. I have often found it preferable to run configure and make as a regular user and only run 'make install' as root. -- 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: 416.946.3297 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
