[R] help() cannot find help files

[Jim Lindsey]

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> R-users--
> I built R in redhat 5.2. I can't get the text-based help tp work (html
> help is OK). The message I get is

I have built R1.2.1 on Intel RH5.2 with no problem. Did you do make
or make R. If the latter, you also have to do make help as the message
at the end tells you. Jim

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> > help()
> Error in help("help", package = "base", lib.loc = .Library) :
>         The help file for `help' is missing  
> 
> I think that these files  are in the .R/library directory. How can I
> get them to work. Note: make info did not work as I dont have version 4.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan
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> Dan Powers
> Associate Professor, Sociology  
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