PS If you fail to compile Rcpp from source you can even get it prebuilt for you. What you need is to add the marutter c2d4u PPA from
https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/ubuntu/c2d4u Where is an 'apt-cache policy r-cran-rcpp' run in a dedicated Docker container which knows about this PPA and the other marutter PPA, and is set to Ubuntu precise aka 12.04: edd@max:~$ docker run --rm -ti rocker/r-apt:precise apt-cache policy r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rcpp: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.12.2-1ppa0precise0 Version table: 0.12.2-1ppa0precise0 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/marutter/c2d4u/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 0.10.3-2precise0 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/marutter/rrutter/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 0.9.9-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages edd@max:~$ You get roxygen2 and some other 2500+ plus packages from there too. Very useful service -- while I don't use ancient Ubuntu versions on my machines, I rely on this for Travis quite a bit. Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org _______________________________________________ Rcpp-devel mailing list Rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel