[R] Error Compiling e1071

[Adaikalavan Ramasamy]

Dear all,

I am trying to compile the package e1071 (version 1.3-11) with R CMD
INSTALL. I tried with R 1.7.0 on Redhat Linux 2.4.7-10 and R 1.6.2 on
Linux 2.4.9-34smp but keep getting the same error message during
configure :

WARNING: g++ 2.96 cannot reliably be used with this package. Please use
a different compiler.

Can anyone help me with this or at least point me in the right direction
? Thank you very much.

Regards, Adai.