Hello All, I am new to R and tried to install R in Linux system (OS: Open SUSE). After untar the source code, changed the directory, and typed the command ./configure, it was checking a list...finally it gave an error message. Here with i have enclosed the error message.
Check-list goes like this: checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if gfortran static flag -static works... yes checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking for cos in -lm... yes checking for sin in -lm... yes checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes checking readline/history.h usability... no checking readline/history.h presence... no checking for readline/history.h... no checking readline/readline.h usability... no checking readline/readline.h presence... no checking for readline/readline.h... no checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no checking for main in -lncurses... yes checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no checking for history_truncate_file... no configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available Can anyone help me in this regard? Expecting your reply and thanks in advance. Warm regards Fredrick. ______________________________________________ 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.