[R] Assistance in installing R

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 27 May 2008, Stan Horwitz wrote:

> On May 27, 2008, at 12:45 PM, ctu wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I don't have any problem to install the R 2.7.0 in XP and windows Vista.
>> I download R 2.7.0 from http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/
>> You could try it again.
>> 
>> If you still have a problem to install it. You might want to consult 
>> with your department PC administrator who has the password to unblock 
>> the restrictions of PC. Hopefully, this helps.
>
> I should have provided more details. The server is a 64-bit AMD box running 
> Suse 9 Linux. I am the system administrator. I am trying to install the 
> source code, but when I do the ./configure step, I get the following error as 
> follows:
>
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not 
> available
>
> If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please let me know.

As the INSTALL file says

   The main source of information on installation is the `R Installation
   and Administration Manual', an HTML copy of which is available as file
   `doc/html/R-admin.html'.  Please read that before installing R.  But
   if you are impatient, read on but please refer to the manual to
   resolve any problems.  (If you obtained R using Subversion, the manual
   is at doc/manual/R-admin.texi.)

This issue is covered in that manual.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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