[R] install R 2.1.0 patched from source on FC3

[Weiwei Shi]

Hi,

I got an error message when I run make install:

/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `index.html': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1

the full description as below:

[root at banana R-patched]# make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/m4'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/m4'
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/tools'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/tools'
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc'
installing doc ...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc/html'
installing doc/html ...
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `index.html': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc/html'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dls/R-patched/doc'
make: *** [install] Error 1


when I run configure, I got two warnings, is it the cause the problem
in make install?

R is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu

  Source directory:          .
  Installation directory:    /usr/lib/R

  C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2
  C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
  Fortran compiler:          g77  -g -O2

  Interfaces supported:      X11
  External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic)
  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS
  Options enabled:           shared library, R profiling

  Recommended packages:      yes

configure: WARNING: you cannot build DVI versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals


On 13 Jun 2005 18:04:22 +0200, Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> Weiwei Shi <helprhelp at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I have some problem when I tried to install R from source:
> > work as root
> > cd /root/dls/R-patched         # this is where I unzip the file:
> > R-patched_2005-06-08.tar.gz
> > make clean
> >
> > # i need my R_HOME=/usr/lib/R and I need to create libR.so for
> > RSPython, so I did:
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/R --enable-R-shlib
> > make
> >
> > But I found the R is built in /root/dls/R-patched/bin instead of /usr/lib/R/bin
> >
> > Did I miss something here?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> make install
> 
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Weiwei Shi, Ph.D

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