[R-sig-Debian] build dependencies was Re: [R] problem with rgl package

[G. Jay Kerns]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Vincent Goulet
<vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A bit late to the party, here. I added the following to the Ubuntu README in
> the SUPPORTED PACKAGES section:
>
> The other r-cran-* packages are updated with Ubuntu releases only. Users who
> need to update (by recompiling) one of these R packages (say package foo
> with the Ubuntu name r-cran-foo) should first make sure to obtain all the
> required build dependencies with
>
>   sudo apt-get build-dep r-cran-foo
> I wouldn't want to enter into more details on how to (re)compile an Ubuntu
> package. I hope this will be enough for most users and situations.
>
> Thank you for the excellent suggestions (I think it was originally from
> Jay).
>
> Best,
>
> Vincent
>
> --
> Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor
> École d'actuariat
> Université Laval, Québec
> vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca   http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca
>


Thank you very much, Vincent.

Thank you, also, to all those who contributed to the discussion.

Regards,
Jay