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need help for R Installation in AIX 5.3

2 messages · Harvir Singh, Brian Ripley

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Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am trying to install R in my AIX-5.3 machine but its giving some error
during configuration as given  below:

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... no
checking for main in -ltermcap... no
checking for main in -ltermlib... no
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

I have attached its log file with this mail. Please help me. Earliest reply
will be appreciated.
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1) Please ask about R installation on the R-devel list: as the posting 
guide says

   Questions likely to prompt discussion unintelligible to
   non-programmers should go to to R-devel.

2) This is covered quite explicitly in the 'R Installation and 
Administration Manual'.  Search for 'readline' there, and also make 
sure you have studied the section on installation on AIX (which also 
mentions this).

3) You always need to mention the version of R you are trying to 
install.
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Harvir Singh wrote: