[R] error on install Rmpi packages

[Prof Brian Ripley]

If you have MPI installed, it is not somewhere Rmpi can find it.  The 
output you quote tells you how to to fix this, if it is really is 
installed.  See also the README file in the package.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Marcelo Luiz de Laia wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I need to install Rmpi Package on my linux debian like, but I get some 
> errors.
>
> I try to instal it using install.packages or after download and save it on my 
> local dir and run R CMD INSTALL packagename and, both, I get these errors:
>
> checking mpi.h usability... no
> checking mpi.h presence... no
> checking for mpi.h... no
> Try to find mpi.h ...
> Cannot find mpi header file.
> Please use --with-mpi=/path/to/mpi
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'Rmpi'
>
> I search on archivies help but dont get any issues.

Well, other people might be inclined to follow the advice given before 
writing to the list.

> I use Rmpi_0.4-9.tar.gz.
>
> What I to do to fiz it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marcelo
>
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