I had to use where to install libxml2-devel, so there is probably something
not optimal about my config, but I have no onsite linux support and limited
experience myself.  Currently just happy to have R running. Thanks to
everyone who chimed in.


On Tue, May 25, 2021, 2:45 PM Tom Callaway <spo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Best guess, something to do with repo prioritization?
>
> ~spot
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 2:43 PM Roger Bos <roger....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> FYI: I used wget to download the newer version of openblas and
>> openblas-threads.  I was then able to install them and then install R.
>> Not
>> sure why the repo wasn't giving me the latest version, but I am good now.
>>
>> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 9:05 PM Roger Bos <roger....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to install R on my CentOS 8 server at work and getting an
>> > error message about openblas.  It seems I need
>> openblas-0.3.3-5.el.x86_64.
>> > I have openblas-0.3.3-2.el8.x86_64.  I have added the EPEL repo and
>> enabled
>> > PowerTools.  I would like to upgrade my openblas from 0..3.3-2 to
>> 0.3.3-5,
>> > but I don't know how.  Or I could install a lower version of R that
>> works
>> > with 0.3.3-2, but I don't know   Could someone please help me get past
>> this
>> > error?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance, Roger.
>> >
>> > [RCOAdmin@usd1sapp101 ~]$ sudo yum install R
>> > [sudo] password for RCOAdmin:
>> > Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:14 ago on Tue 25 May 2021 02:51:46
>> AM
>> > CEST.
>> > Error:
>> >  Problem: package R-devel-4.0.5-1.el8.x86_64 requires R-core-devel =
>> > 4.0.5-1.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
>> >   - package R-4.0.5-1.el8.x86_64 requires R-devel = 4.0.5-1.el8, but
>> none
>> > of the providers can be installed
>> >   - package R-core-devel-4.0.5-1.el8.x86_64 requires openblas-devel, but
>> > none of the providers can be installed
>> >   - conflicting requests
>> >   - nothing provides openblas(x86-32) = 0.3.3-5.el8 needed by
>> > openblas-devel-0.3.3-5.el8.i686
>> >   - nothing provides openblas-threads(x86-32) = 0.3.3-5.el8 needed by
>> > openblas-devel-0.3.3-5.el8.i686
>> >   - nothing provides openblas(x86-64) = 0.3.3-5.el8 needed by
>> > openblas-devel-0.3.3-5.el8.x86_64
>> >   - nothing provides openblas-threads(x86-64) = 0.3.3-5.el8 needed by
>> > openblas-devel-0.3.3-5.el8.x86_64
>> > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest'
>> > to use not only best candidate packages)
>> >
>> > P.S. I tried --skip-broken and --nobest.  It just skips the packages,
>> so I
>> > still don't get R installed, so skipping is not an option.
>> >
>> >
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