Before make'ing you need to get the recommended packages. I do (with your paths) ../svn/tools/sync-recommended ../svn/tools/sync-recommended
You should not run configure or make with sudo. If you need to install system-wide, you only need to run make install under sudo, like ./configure make sudo make install Kasper On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen <kjetilbrinchmannhalvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hola! > > I just changed my laptop to debian squeeze, > downloaded R devel from svn repo, as described in the manual. > > Then I configured for building in a separate build dir with: > > kje...@kjetil:~/R/Rbuilddir$ sudo ../svn/configure > > --- which succeeded, with: > > R is now configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > Source directory: ../svn > Installation directory: /usr/local > > C compiler: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 > Fortran 77 compiler: gfortran -g -O > > C++ compiler: g++ -g -O2 > Fortran 90/95 compiler: gfortran -g -O > Obj-C compiler: > > Interfaces supported: X11 > External libraries: readline, ICU > Additional capabilities: NLS > Options enabled: shared BLAS, R profiling, Java > > Recommended packages: yes > > Then > sudo make > > stops near the end with: > > writing package indices > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library' > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library' > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library' > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library' > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library/Recommended' > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library/Recommended' > make[2]: *** No rule to make target `MASS.ts', needed by > `stamp-recommended'. Stop. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library/Recommended' > make[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kjetil/R/Rbuilddir/src/library/Recommended' > make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2 > > --- not able to make the time-stamps! > > Kjetil > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel