[R] R-1.7.1 gets installed without default packages & without readline

[Laurent Faisnel]

Thomas W Blackwell wrote:

>Laurent  -
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>I had no trouble with configuring, compiling and running R under
>Redhat 8.0.  My system now gives
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>uname -a
>  Linux host 2.4.18-14smp #1 SMP Wed Sep4 12:34:47 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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I have the same

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>rpm -qa | grep readline
>  readline41-4.1-14
>  readline-4.3-4
>  readline-devel-4.3-3
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>The only difference I can see is that I have  readline-4.3-4,
>while you show  readline-4.3-3.  So now I remember:  on CRAN,
>somewhere near the R source rpm for linux when I downloaded it
>there is a special readline rpm, and a readme file from Martyn
>Plummer which says, in part,
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>"Graeme Ambler has kindly provided patched rpms. His gpg ID is
>62897321 and his public key is available from pgp.net (see below)."
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I've found all this, thanks. In fact, there is also a newer version of 
readline-devel (4.3-4). I updated both libraries. But unfortunately I 
still have the same problems. Is it so hard to switch from R's rpm 
version to the compiled one ? Source version allows you to choose 
compilation options and this may become necessary for me.

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>Somehow, I got readline-4.3-4 out of that rpm.  Hmmmm.  All seems
>to work fine for me.
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>-  tom blackwell  -  u michigan medical school  -  ann arbor  -
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