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

[Marc Schwartz]

Peter,

See this FAQ from the site that I referenced:

How can I install the packages from the EPEL software repository?
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_the_EPEL_software_repository.3F


and this one pertaining to the GPG key:

How do I know that a package is a EPEL package
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_do_I_know_that_a_package_is_a_EPEL_package

HTH,

Marc

on 11/18/2008 12:07 PM Peter Tait wrote:
> Hi Marc + Gustavo,
> 
> thank you for the help.
> 
> Marc -
> I tried to install the xdg-utils RPM from a different web site ( I can
> not find it anymore) and yum complained about a missing public key. I
> never could find the public key for that RPM package.
> 
> The command I have for updating the keys is
> su -c 'rpm --import http://www.therepository.com/GPG-PUB-KEY.asc'
> 
> Does http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/ provide the
> *.asc files?
> 
> Cheers
> Peter
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: marc_schwartz at comcast.net
> To: Gustavo Carvalho <gustavo.bio at gmail.com>
> CC: Peter Tait <petertait at sympatico.ca>, r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4
> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:26 -0600
> 
> 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
>>>
> 
>