On 11/01/2011 09:50 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Paul Hiemstra wrote: > >> On 10/31/2011 06:30 PM, Cable, Sam B Civ USAF AFMC AFRL/RVBXI wrote: >>> I am trying to install R on a pretty up-to-date CentOS system. I have >>> tried installing 2.14.0 and 2.13.2. In both cases, the configure step >>> fails, and does not produce a Makefile. So, of course, I can't issue >>> "make". >>> >>> The errors that I can find in config.log are, first, several missing >>> files: ac_nonexistent.h, minix/config.h., readline/history.h, and >>> readline/readline.h. >>> >>> Then, what seems to finally bring configure to a halt is the final >>> error: >>> >>> configure:20796: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs >>> are not available >> >> Hi, >> >> It seems that the header files/libs are not available... You probably >> need to install some development libraries from the CentOS repositories. >> like readline-dev or such. Installing these libraries and the header > > readline-devel on CentOS. > >> files will be available. > > From the INSTALL file: > > 'The main source of information on installation is the `R Installation > and Administration Manual', an HTML copy of which is available as file > `doc/html/R-admin.html'. Please read that before installing R. But > if you are impatient, read on but please refer to the manual to > resolve any problems.' > > and this *is* covered in the manual. The volunteers who give you the > free gift of R can (and do) write the manual for you, but we cannot > read it for you.
fortune('rtfm') :) Paul > >> >> regards, >> Paul >> >>> After this error, configure dumps long lists of shell variables, output >>> variables, and confdefs.h -- none of which tell a whole lot, as far >>> as I >>> can see -- and then exits with a status of "1". >>> >>> Anyone know what this means? I can give bigger snippets of the >>> config.log, if anyone wants to see them. >>> >>> I have installed R on several Linux machines. This is the first time >>> I've been stumped. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --Sam >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> >> -- >> Paul Hiemstra, Ph.D. >> Global Climate Division >> Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) >> Wilhelminalaan 10 | 3732 GK | De Bilt | Kamer B 3.39 >> P.O. Box 201 | 3730 AE | De Bilt >> tel: +31 30 2206 494 >> >> http://intamap.geo.uu.nl/~paul >> http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/paul-hiemstra/20/30b/770 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > -- Paul Hiemstra, Ph.D. Global Climate Division Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Wilhelminalaan 10 | 3732 GK | De Bilt | Kamer B 3.39 P.O. Box 201 | 3730 AE | De Bilt tel: +31 30 2206 494 http://intamap.geo.uu.nl/~paul http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/paul-hiemstra/20/30b/770 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.