I did indeed install the r-base-dev.

However, I did not send to the Debian mailing list.

Thanks,
Erin


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:27 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius@comcast.net>wrote:

>
> On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have just installed R on an Ubutnu machine (13.04)
>
> Did you follow directions given here:
>
> http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
>
> "Users who need to compile R packages from source [e.g. package
> maintainers, or anyone installing packages with install.packages()] should
> also install the r-base-dev package:
>
>    sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
> "
>
> I ask because one ot the other directions that you did not follow was:
>
> "The best place to report problems with these packages or ask R questions
> specific to Ubuntu is the R-SIG-Debian mailing list. See
>
>    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
> "
>
> --
> David.
>
> > and keep getting the
> > following:
> >
> > erin@erin-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y480:~$ R
> > /usr/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
> >
> > R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport"
> > Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> >
> > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> >
> >  Natural language support but running in an English locale
> >
> > R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> > Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> >
> > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> > Type 'q()' to quit R.
> >
> >> install.packages("pbdMPI",depen=TRUE)
> > Installing package into Ś/home/erin/lib/R/library‚
> > (as Ślib‚ is unspecified)
> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > also installing the dependency Śrlecuyer‚
> >
> > trying URL '
> > http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/src/contrib/rlecuyer_0.3-3.tar.gz'
> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 11756 bytes (11 Kb)
> > opened URL
> > ==================================================
> > downloaded 11 Kb
> >
> > trying URL '
> > http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/src/contrib/pbdMPI_0.1-8.tar.gz'
> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 417547 bytes (407 Kb)
> > opened URL
> > ==================================================
> > downloaded 407 Kb
> >
> > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 140: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
> > directory
> > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
> > directory
> > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection
> > Calls: <Anonymous> -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > In file(con, "r") :
> >  cannot open file '/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory
> > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 140: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
> > directory
> > /usr/lib/R/bin/R: line 236: /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or
> > directory
> > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection
> > Calls: <Anonymous> -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > In file(con, "r") :
> >  cannot open file '/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory
> >
> > The downloaded source packages are in
> >    Ś/tmp/RtmpAtAxNL/downloaded_packages‚
> > Warning messages:
> > 1: In install.packages("pbdMPI", depen = TRUE) :
> >  installation of package Śrlecuyer‚ had non-zero exit status
> > 2: In install.packages("pbdMPI", depen = TRUE) :
> >  installation of package ŚpbdMPI‚ had non-zero exit status
> >>
> >
> >
> > I uninstalled it, deleted the /etc/R and /usr/lib/R directories, and
> > re-installed.  (Actually, I followed that process twice).
> >
> > I'm still stuck.  Does anyone have any suggestions, please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Erin
> >
> >
> > --
> > Erin Hodgess
> > Associate Professor
> > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> > University of Houston - Downtown
> > mailto: erinm.hodgess@gmail.com
> >
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> > ______________________________________________
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> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
>
>


-- 
Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess@gmail.com

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