[R] Precompiled x86_64 Binaries?

[Thomas Colson]

Can't seem to find a x86_64 RPM for R on any of the DL mirrors. Does one
exist? 


 
From: Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard_at_biostat.ku.dk> 
Date: Fri 22 Oct 2004 - 23:00:41 EST


Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes: 

> R does not run under (beta) 64-bit Windows on x86_64 and we have no plans 
> to port it there, but it does run under 32-bit Windows on that processor. 
> I am sure it will run on several 64-bit operating systems on Apple 
> Macintosh's so-called G5 hardware -- I believe we have seen a report that 
> includes an in-progress version of MacOS 10.4 -- and also several 32-bit 
> ones. 


Re. Windows, the issue is that we're using the mingw32 toolkit. If there is
ever a mingw64, I'm sure we'd attempt a port almost immediately.   

> If you want a prebuilt version you are out of luck except for Debian Linux

> on Alpha or ia64, from a quick glance. 


Actually, I've rolled up an x86_64 RPM for SuSE 9.1 which should be en route
to CRAN. Detlef Steuer is awaiting delivery of a 64bit machine and plan to
maintain the SuSE version in the longer run. It's sitting in
http://www.biostat.ku.dk/~pd/R-suse9.1-x86_64 for now. 

In general, it seems to be quite trivial to take a SPEC or SRPM for the 32
bit version of a distribution and rebuild an RPM for 64 bits. 

However, you might prefer to install from the source tarball anyway if you
want to take advantage of high-performance libraries (some of which can not
be redistributed). 

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