I am trying to install R under Red Hat Linux 5.2, but the following error happens: [root at edgeworth cribari]# rpm -ivh R-base-0.63.2-1.i386.rpm failed dependencies: libncurses.so.3.0 is needed by R-base-0.63.2-1 I must be missing something very simple. I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks. FC. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Francisco Cribari <cribari at de.ufpe.br> writes:> I am trying to install R under Red Hat Linux 5.2, but the > following error happens: > > [root at edgeworth cribari]# rpm -ivh R-base-0.63.2-1.i386.rpm failed > dependencies: libncurses.so.3.0 is needed by R-base-0.63.2-1 > > I must be missing something very simple. I would appreciate > any guidance. Thanks. FC.Hmm. Dunno about 5.2, but 5.1 appears to have /usr/lib/libncurses.so.3.0 in ncurses3-1.9.9e-5.i386.rpm which is probably what you need to install. I have that one *and* ncurses-4.2-6.i386.rpm and ncurses-devel-4.2-6.i386.rpm on this machine. (I seem to recall some ugly story about people fighting over the ncurses development, which led to some numbering weirdness and may have some relation to this) Actually, it's a bit strange, because R's built on my machine link with libncurses.so.4, but perhaps Martyn is catering for older systems? -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Francisco Cribari wrote:> > I am trying to install R under Red Hat Linux 5.2, but the > following error happens: > > [root at edgeworth cribari]# rpm -ivh R-base-0.63.2-1.i386.rpm failed > dependencies: libncurses.so.3.0 is needed by R-base-0.63.2-1 > > I must be missing something very simple. I would appreciate > any guidance. Thanks. FC.You need to install the library ncurses3, I believe. RH5.1 included an RPM w/ it. Alvaro> > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Alvaro A. Novo 2116 S. Orchard St., #304 Urbana, IL 61801 novo at uiuc.edu anovo at ysidro.econ.uiuc.edu http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~novo/Alvaro.htm 217-337-4893 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
[Snip: RedHat/Intel rpm installation problem solved by installing the ncurses3 package] Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:> (I seem to recall some ugly story about people fighting over the > ncurses development, which led to some numbering weirdness and may > have some relation to this)RedHat switched from ncurses 3 to ncurses 4 between release 5.0 and 5.1, probably to get over the controversy over what ncurses 3 should be called.> Actually, it's a bit strange, because R's built on my machine link > with libncurses.so.4, but perhaps Martyn is catering for older > systems?Yes. I deliberately link against ncurses 3.0 so that RedHat 5.0 users don't have to upgrade in order to install the R package. I explain this in the README file. The guys who build the Alpha and Sparc rpms don't do this. Martyn -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._