[R] R installation on Linux/SuSE10.3

[Maura E Monville]

I am installing in /usr/local/bin where I have to be root even if I
changed the access right to some sub directories by chmod.
The installation completed fine  (all stages: /config, make, make
install). But no icon was created on my desktop. It works just typing
in on the command line. It has no GUI.
How come ?  The README file does not even touch such problem.
In spite of hating Windows I have to confess that R is much more
friendly on Windows.

Is there any way to make R run more smoothly on Linux/SuSE as well ??

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Maura