[Rd] Failing to install R-2.4.0 on FC4

[Benilton Carvalho]

Hi everyone,

Firstly, I'm sorry for the cross-post. I re-read the posting guide  
and it appears my question is more related to r-devel.... (i think :-) )

I downloaded the source code available at:

http://cran.fhcrc.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.4.0.tar.gz

to a linux machine (Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp #1 SMP).

I successfully configured and compiled it, which means I'm able to
run it from the R-2.4.0/bin directory.

I want to do a system wide installation (via 'sudo make install') and
help2man fails, ie, when I execute the installation command mentioned
previously I get:

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/m4'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/m4'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/tools'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/tools'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/doc'
installing doc ...
help2man: can't get `--version' info from ../bin/R
make[1]: *** [R.1] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bcarvalh/R-2.4.0/doc'
make: *** [install] Error 1

Searching the archive, I did find a similar report (http://
tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/06/01/3699.html) but the proposed
solution did not work for me.

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much,

Benilton Carvalho
PhD Candidate
Department of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University