[R] need help for building R in Ubuntu 8.04

[Marianne Promberger]

On 05/25/08 12:12, Nitesh Agrawal wrote:
> Hi everyone
> I have been trying to build R in ubuntu 8.04 from its source code but am
> getting the following error.
> 
> configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not
> available
> 
> Please help me and consider me a newbie in linux


Is there a reason why you want to install from source?

sudo aptitude install r-base 

should work, AFAIK, or, if you prefer the GUI, look for R in synaptic.

You may have to add an extra repository first; I had to:
http://promberger.info/linux/2007/09/04/installing-and-updating-r-with-aptitude/


I'm currently using 7.10 so not 100 percent sure if this works in 8.04.

m.


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