[R-sig-Fedora] installing R from source on fedora

[Gavin Simpson]

On Wed, 2011-11-09 at 16:54 +0100, peter dalgaard wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2011, at 08:27 , Steve Taylor wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I got the attachment - thanks!  Might give it a go in the next
> few
> > days, if the repository hasn't been updated with an RPM.  I've
> already
> > learnt from experience to be wary of attempting to compile from
> source!

<snip />

> Mark, one note: I'd keep the builddir completely separate from the
> srcdir, and not as a subdirectory. I.e. ../R/configure rather
> than ../configure. 

That was my fault, Peter; I explained how I was doing this on Fedora and
it worked. I know the advice is to keep a clean source tree and build
outside it, but that was how I started doing things when I was new to
Linux and you know what they say about old/bad habits!

G

> > 
> > cheers,
> >   Steve
> > 
> > On 9 November 2011 17:47, Mark Leeds <markleeds2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello: I've included a txt file ( some day, when I have more time, I'll
> >> turn it into latex )  that has the steps for installing R from source on
> >> Fedora. It was
> >> written only for people like myself who find these  tasks difficult.
> >> 
> >> Also, could someone from the R-Sig-Fedora list let me know if the txt file
> >> was attached because I don't actually receive emails that I send to the
> >> R-Sig-Fedora list. ( not sure why this is ? ).   If it doesn't go through,
> >> I'll cut and paste and re-send it in the email itself. Thanks.
> >> 
> >> 
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