troubles installing R

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

files will be available.

From the INSTALL file:

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

-- 
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Global Climate Division
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
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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.

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

-- 
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