[R] can't compile R on CentOS 64bit (bad interpreter: Permission denied)

[Patrick Connolly]

On Sat, 02-Oct-2010 at 11:07PM +0400, Aleksey Noskov wrote:

|> Hello, I am new in R
|> 
|> I try to build R on  CentOS 64bit. *./configure --prefix=$HOME/soft *executed
|> without any errors. But make command print that error:

I use R on CentOS without root permission.  It's always worked if I
run ./configure and make from the directory I'm installing it in.  You
seem to be making it unnecessarily complicated.

There is the possibility that you're missing some dev rpms.  I've not
had that problem, but I know others have.

HTH




|> 
|> * DONE (codetools)
|> begin installing recommended package foreign
|> * installing *source* package ?foreign? ...
|> sh: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
|> ERROR: configuration failed for package ?foreign?
|> * removing ?/home/alexkrt/soft/R-2.11.1/library/foreign?
|> make[2]: *** [foreign.ts] Error 1
|> make[2]: Leaving directory
|> `/home/alexkrt/soft/R-2.11.1/src/library/Recommended'
|> make[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2
|> make[1]: Leaving directory
|> `/home/alexkrt/soft/R-2.11.1/src/library/Recommended'
|> make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2
|> R-2.11.1$ ls /usr/lib64/*foreign*
|> ls: /usr/lib64/*foreign*: No such file or directory
|> 
|> 
|> I have no idea how to fix that error. I don't have root permissions.
|> 
|> Please help me.
|> 
|> Best regards, Alexey
|> 
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