[R] Running R

[Liaw, Andy]

It's always a good idea to do

  make check

or even

  make check-all

before make install.  If the build does not pass the checks, there's no
point in installing.  (I've run into successful builds that failed the
checks several times before.)

Andy 

From: Pramod Anugu
> 
> Still the same problem after changing the step 5
>  I have downloaded R-2.3.0.tar.gz for Linux 64 bit processor
>  1. Untar  tar -zxvf R-2.3.0.tar.gz
>  2. changed the directory to the newly created directory R-2.3.0
>  3. Typed ./configure
>  4. Typed make
>  5. Typed make install
>  6. Typed  R
> 
>  Fatal error: unable to open the base package
>  I get the error message. Please advice
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Perrin [mailto:clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:33 AM
> To: Pramod Anugu
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Running R
> 
> At step 5, don't copy the file. Instead, do:
> 
> make install
> 
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> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 May 2006, Pramod Anugu wrote:
> 
> > I have downloaded R-2.3.0.tar.gz for Linux 64 bit processor
> > 1. Untar  tar -zxvf R-2.3.0.tar.gz
> > 2. changed the directory to the newly created directory R-2.3.0
> > 3. Typed ./configure
> > 4. Typed make
> > 5. Copied the Script File R from directory R-2.3.0/bin/R to
> > /usr/local/bin/R.
> > 6. Typed  R
> >
> > Fatal error: unable to open the base package
> > I get the error message. Please advice
> >
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