[R] R 1.8.1 on SUSE 9.0

[Arne Henningsen]

Hi,

you have to install a Fortran compiler. 
It is available on the DVD/CD as package "gcc-g77".

Best wishes,
Arne

On Wednesday 26 November 2003 18:26, J.R. Lockwood wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently did a full install of SUSE 9.0 and want to get R up and
> running.  An attempted install of R-base-1.8.1-1.i586.rpm resulted in:
>
> ####
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libg2c.so.0 is needed by R-base-1.8.1-1
> ####
>
> And a ./configure in the source directory of R-1.8.1 failed with
>
> ####
> configure: error: Neither an F77 compiler nor f2c found
> ####
>
> I guess SUSE 9.0 does not come with the required fortran
> libraries/compilers.  Can someone point me in the direction of
> packages I need to install to get R running (either by installing the
> binaries or compiling from source)?  Thanks to all.
>
> J.R. Lockwood
> 412-683-2300 x4941
> lockwood at rand.org
> http://www.rand.org/methodology/stat/members/lockwood/
>
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