[R] Trouble - Installing R on RedHat el5

[Marc Schwartz]

on 03/02/2009 11:07 AM Steve_Friedman at nps.gov wrote:
> I am lucky and am now working with a new Redhat Linux 64-bit OS
> 
> But I am getting the following error can anyone provide some graciously
> needed assistance:
> 
> 
> [root at bluebird system-files]# rpm -i R-2.8.1-1.rh5.x86_64.rpm
> warning: R-2.8.1-1.rh5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 99b62126
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         xdg-utils is needed by R-2.8.1-1.rh5.x86_64
> 

Steve,

The xdg-utils RPM is available via the EPEL from:

  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/


BTW, R itself is also available via the EPEL.


For additional information, see:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#What_is_EPEL.3F

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_the_EPEL_software_repository.3F

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

HTH,

Marc Schwartz