[R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4

[Marc Schwartz]

I would not use 'force', as the consequences can be a corrupted RPM
database and other conflicts.

The xdg-utils RPM for RHEL 4 is available from here:

  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/

You might want to review the EPEL FAQ here:

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ

You can uninstall the compiled version using "make uninstall" to avoid
conflicts with the RPM.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz

on 11/18/2008 10:31 AM Gustavo Carvalho wrote:
> xdg utils is probably not being recognized because you compiled it
> from source. The R rpm is looking for the xdg utils package. I'm not
> familiar with yum, but I think you can try to force the installation:
> 
> rpm -ivh --force (or something like that) /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm
> 
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Peter Tait <petertait at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to update my version of R on Centos 4.
>>
>>  $uname -a
>>
>>  Linux 2.6.9-78.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Oct 8 07:06:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64
>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> I tried to update the current version of R (2.6.2) which was installed
>> locally as an rpm
>>  $R --version
>>  R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08)
>>  Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>  ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>
>> I used yum to try to do the update with the following error
>>
>> $su -c "yum localupdate /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm"
>>  Error: Missing Dependency: xdg-utils is needed by package R
>>
>> I have installed the xdg-utils manually from
>> http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-1.0.2.tgz
>>
>> $cd /data/xdg-utils-1.0.2 --> this is a directory
>> $./configure --prefix=/usr
>> $su -c " make install"
>> $cd /usr/bin
>> $ ls -al | grep xdg --> shows the xdg utilities
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      14806 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-icon
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      39267 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-menu
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      16177 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-email
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      24129 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-icon-resource
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      28015 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-mime
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      10131 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-open
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      19303 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-screensaver
>>
>> So the xdg-utils are installed but yum or the R rpm are not recognizing
>> them? How do I solve this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Peter
>>