[R] RPM of R-1.2.1 for RH 7?

Thomas Lumley
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:46:42 -0000

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Jonathan Baron wrote:

> There does not seem to be a RPM for Red Hat 7 of version 1.2.1.
> What should I do?  I have a new computer with RH7.

The easiest thing to do is to install from source.  You will need to
up/downgrade your gcc, though.  The notorious "gcc 2.96" supplied with
RH7
causes a number of problems with R.

Installing from source will mean you want to uninstall before installing
an RPM, should one become available.


	-thomas

Thomas Lumley			Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle