[R] Error while installing R on RHEL 6

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 18/06/2012 10:26, Manish Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install R from source and using configure command but
> gettting one error message.
>
> *configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
> available*
>
> I am installing on server which is not connected by net so can install by
> source only. Can u pls suggest me how to rectify such pblm.
>

> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

Please do as you were asked.  The solution is in the R manuals this 
asked you to read, specifically 
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Essential-programs-and-libraries

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