At step 5, don't copy the file. Instead, do: make install
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_ University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl On Wed, 31 May 2006, Pramod Anugu wrote: > I have downloaded R-2.3.0.tar.gz for Linux 64 bit processor > 1. Untar tar -zxvf R-2.3.0.tar.gz > 2. changed the directory to the newly created directory R-2.3.0 > 3. Typed ./configure > 4. Typed make > 5. Copied the Script File R from directory R-2.3.0/bin/R to > /usr/local/bin/R. > 6. Typed R > > Fatal error: unable to open the base package > I get the error message. Please advice > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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