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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504191926180.10023@gannet.stats>
Date: 2005-04-19T18:30:46Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: User error (was Sun Solaris install error)
In-Reply-To: <1113929960.426538e8ba984@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 cgp16 at columbia.edu wrote:

> I am trying to install R-2.1.0 under a Sun platform.
>
> I used tar and then when I type
>
> ./configure MAKE=gmake I get the following error:
>
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are
> not available

> I would appreciate any help and suggestions.

Either supply readline libs/header or set --with-readline=no.

DO read the INSTALL file and follow its advice.  This is all in TFM.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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