[R] Help with installing R on Red Hat linux 4

[David Nordello]

Thanks for the help Patrick
I ran

yum provides libg2c*


Looking in available packages for a providing package
Available package: gcc-g77.i386 0:3.4.6-9 from base matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3/libg2c.a
Available package: gcc-g77.i386 0:3.4.6-9 from base matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3/libg2c.so
2 results returned
Looking in installed packages for a providing package
Installed package: libf2c.i386 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/libg2c.so.0
Installed package: libf2c.i386 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/libg2c.so.0.0.0
Installed package: libf2c.i386 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 libg2c.so.0
Installed package: gcc-g77.x86_64 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.3/32/libg2c.a
Installed package: gcc-g77.x86_64 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.3/32/libg2c.so
Installed package: gcc-g77.x86_64 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.3/libg2c.a
Installed package: gcc-g77.x86_64 0:3.4.6-9 matches with
 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.3/libg2c.so
7 results returned

What packages do i need to install
it looks like i already have anything i need?
thanks







Patrick Connolly wrote:
> On Sun, 27-Apr-2008 at 10:52AM -0700, David.Nordello at noaa.gov wrote:
>
> |> I am trying to install the rpm for R
> |> I  using Red Hat 4 ES on a 64bit machine
> |> Kernel version  is 2,6,9-67
> |> This is the error i get
> |> "Failed Dependencies libg2c.so () ()(64bit) is needed by 
> |> R-2.6.2-1.rh4.x86_64rpm
> |> I have libf2c-3.4.6-9 installed on the box
> |> any suggestions?
>
> Try this:
> yum provides libg2c*
>
> It will tell you what rpm you need.  When you know what you need, use 
>
> yum install compat-libf2c<whatever>.rpm
>
> In any case, it doesn't take long to install from the source, and
> there are very simple instructions in the tgz file, and you'll have a
> newer release without having to wait until the 2.7.0 rpm is available..
>
>
> HTH
>
>
>   


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