[R] getting R 2.9.1 from the tar.gz file

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:57:52AM +0300, Lazarus Mramba wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I am almost giving up on getting the R-2.9.1 on the ubuntu 9.04 using the instructions found on the R site.
> 
> I decided to use the R-2.9.1.tar.gz and untarred it.
> 
> I then typed ./configure and the results are shown below.

Please see   http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu   to see how
you can install pre-built binaries of R 2.9.1 for Ubuntu -- you do not
have to build from source.

Also consider the r-sig-debian list for Debian / Ubuntu questions;
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Dirk

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