[R] trouble installing packages on OpenSuse 11.4

[Rolf Turner]

I don't know from OpenSuse, but your R CMD INSTALL syntax doesn't
look right to me.  It certainly wouldn't be right under Ubuntu.

What I would do under Ubuntu is:

     * download the package from CRAN; this is in the form of a gzipped
     tar file ``fImport_2110.79.tar.gz''.

     * R CMD INSTALL fImport_2110.79.tar.gz -l Rlib

where Rlib is the name of the directory where I keep my personal
library of R packages.  (So there is no ``sudo'' required.)

This doesn't actually work; it squawks about needing the timeDate and
timeSeries packages --- which I don't have.  So you need to download
the source for these:  timeDate_2130.93.tar.gz and  
timeSeries_2130.92.tar.gz.

Then do the R CMD INSTALL bizzo for these two.  You need to do timeDate 
first.

There appears to be no compiling of code involved, so you don't need gcc 
--- yet.
But you undoubtedly will very soon, so you might as well get it installed.

HTH.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner

On 17/08/11 06:38, Dinesh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install a bunch of packages via command line and can use
> some help in getting it right. My env is a freshly setup OpenSuse 11.4
> on an amd desktop. I have not yet installed gcc (Will I need gcc to
> install packages? I have installed make, assuming R might need it.). I
> have tried it both under R2.12 and R2.13. I have a list of packages to
> install such as fImport, fGarch, zoo, and several more. I am logged in
> as root because I want the packages to be visible to all users
>
> a) R CMD INSTALL "fImport"
> This produces no results.
>
> b) sudo R CMD INSTALL "fImport"
> This downloads timeDate and gets stuck there. (I did sudo based on my
> experience on Win7 where I had to start R as administrator to update the
> common package library regardless of how I was logged in.)
>
> c) R
> then,
> install.packages( "fImport", repo=|"http://cran.r-project.org" );
> If I executed via command "R" then it furnishes a listbox of mirrors, I
> select a mirror and then it hangs. If I executed via command "sudo R"
> then it furnishes a 24x80 style (not tk) list of choices, I select a
> mirror and then it hangs.
>
> I will appreciate your help in figuring this out. Ideally,  I would
> ideally to run R CMD INSTALL or R CMD BATCH with a short command file so
> that I can configure a new machine via a script.
>
> I also tried to download the tarballs - but then figuring out all the
> dependencies gets very messy. Besides, that would be, like, reinventing
> the wheel!
>
> |--