R rpm for Mandriva 2008.1 ?

The problem I have with using the Mandriva package system for R is
that the base installation is seriously outdated at 2.6.2 (when we are
now at 2.7.2). The range of packages available through the Mandriva
repositories is also far from comprehensive.

Therefore I compile from source, which requires ensuring that I have
all the dependencies and a full build system (which is not there in
the default Mandriva install - Fortran needs adding and a range of
-devel packages).

The linux version of install.packages() assumes the presence of a full
build system. While Debian (and derivatives) have a full package list
from repositories, the mandriva user needs to compile for some
packages (unless I have missed something)

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2008/9/15 Demmler J. <J.Demmler at swansea.ac.uk>:

Solved! Something must have gone wrong when I set up the system. I reinstalled Mandriva, updated the packages and VOILA: R finally installed without any problems!

Thanks   Joanne

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The problem I have with using the Mandriva package system for R is
that the base installation is seriously outdated at 2.6.2 (when we are
now at 2.7.2). The range of packages available through the Mandriva
repositories is also far from comprehensive.

FWIW there's a 2.7.2 package for the development version of mandriva. It
shouldn't be difficult to build it for 2008.1 from the source RPM.
[ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandriva/devel/cooker/SRPMS/main/release/R-base-2.7.2-1mdv2009.0.src.rpm]

Andre