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

[Adrian DUSA]

Thanks a lot!
I'll have a look on it right away :)

On Friday 09 June 2006 14:27, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 9 June 2006 at 08:17, Adrian DUSA wrote:
> | Hello Arin,
> |
> | I doubt anyone has built a deb package for the latest release.
>
> Wrong. See e.g. one of
> 	http://changelogs.debian.net/r-base
> 	http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/r-base.html
>
> As all previous releases R 2.3.1 was in Debian within a day, in this case
> within hours, of its 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
>
> And you miss several customizations and enhancements the package has.
>
> Regards, Dirk
>
> | 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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