[R-sig-Debian] Query about building R-2.3.1 for Ubuntu

[Adrian DUSA]

Hello Arin,

I doubt anyone has built a deb package for the latest release. What I do is to 
compile R from sources. It takes about 15 minutes or so, but it's worth it: 
you'll have a perfect installation for your box.
I use this command (having previously installed tcl and tk and their 
corresponding dev packages):

./configure --with-tcl-config=/usr/lib/tcl8.4/tclConfig.sh 
--with-tk-config=usr/lib/tk8.4/tkConfig.sh
make
sudo make install

HTH,
Adrian

On Thursday 08 June 2006 11:04, arin basu wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Is a distribution of R version 2.3.1 (the current version) available for
> the Ubuntu Linux? If I want to build a .deb package for R-2.3.1 for Ubuntu,
> are there specific requirements that I should be aware of? Is a tutorial
> available? I searched the web, and the repositories, but oculd not locate
> an appropriate file.
>
> TIA,
> Arin Basu

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