On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 02:30, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Inaki, > Your instructions worked perfectly for installing "toolbox" and I > could start R-4.1.1-1 in my local terminal (konsole). However, I can't > seem to build a new version of plotrix: > > [root@jimACER jim]# toolbox run --release 35 R CMD build
Do not run toolbox as root. As explained in the instructions, the whole point of using toolbox is that it is rootless. Iñaki > jimACER://home/jim/R/plotr > ix > Error: directory /home/jim not found in container fedora-toolbox-35 > Using /root instead. > During startup - Warning messages: > 1: Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C" > 2: Setting LC_TIME failed, using "C" > 3: Setting LC_MESSAGES failed, using "C" > 4: Setting LC_MONETARY failed, using "C" > 5: Setting LC_PAPER failed, using "C" > 6: Setting LC_MEASUREMENT failed, using "C" > ERROR > cannot change to directory 'jimACER://home/jim/R/plotrix' > > I also tried using "localhost" for the loopback server, got the same result. > I'll try building R-4.1.1 from source on my ancient DELL desktop. If I > can get a build I can then check it using --as-cran, cross my fingers > and submit it. I'll get back to you if I'm still stuck. Thanks. > > Jim > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 8:43 AM Iñaki Ucar <iu...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 00:02, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Inaki, > > > Fedora 34 KDE spin. > > > > > > When I try to install/upgrade as root using dnf: > > > > > > [root@jimACER packages]# dnf install R > > > Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 2.4 kB/s | 3.7 kB > > > 00:01 > > > Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 5.2 kB/s | 3.6 kB > > > 00:00 > > > Package R-4.0.5-1.fc34.x86_64 is already installed. > > > Dependencies resolved. > > > Nothing to do. > > > Complete! > > > [root@jimACER packages]# dnf upgrade R > > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:17 ago on Mon 06 Sep 2021 07:48:38. > > > Dependencies resolved. > > > Nothing to do. > > > Complete! > > > > R 4.1 is not available for Fedora 34. Instead, see > > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/fedora/#toolbox-container-based-development > > > > > When I try to connect to: > > > > > > https://pagure.io/R/fedora-r-packages > > > > > > I get the message: > > > > > > pagure.io > > > Refused to connect > > > > Should be a temporary issue. But that's just the source of that > > document, a git repository, why would you want to access this? > > > > > As I used to build R from source, I tried that but couldn't get past > > > the missing "Intrinsic.h" in configure. I switched to using a newish > > > laptop (ACER Swift 3) some months ago, so I lost all the tools I had > > > built up over the years. > > > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > Again (see above) my suggestion is to use toolbox to install R 4.1 > > from the official repos. No need to compile. > > > > -- > > Iñaki Úcar -- Iñaki Úcar _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Fedora mailing list R-SIG-Fedora@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora
