R help - Feb 2003 - Q: libreadline.so.4.1 problems on Alpha/Linux

Dear List

I'm trying to run R on a DIGITAL Alpha / Linux RedHat 7.2

The .rpm requires libreadlin.so.4.1
RedHat 7.2 comes with libreadline.so.4.2

I installed the R-1.6.0-1.aplha.rpm with option --nodeps, since it otherwise
complained that the required libreadline.so.4.1 was missing.
This seemed to be the only unsatisfied dependency, at least that was the
only one mentioned when installing without the --nodeps option.

I then made a link /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.1 to point to
/usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.2 

So far so good --- I thought...

I can start R and gets the prompt, but when I writes licence(), help(),
demo() or any other of the sugested commands I get an error: "Segmentation
fault" and the progam exits to the shell prompt.

Any sugestions are welcomed...

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On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:15, mhv at dmu.dk wrote:
> Dear List
> 
> I'm trying to run R on a DIGITAL Alpha / Linux RedHat 7.2
> 
> The .rpm requires libreadlin.so.4.1
> RedHat 7.2 comes with libreadline.so.4.2
> 
> I installed the R-1.6.0-1.aplha.rpm with option --nodeps, since it
otherwise
> complained that the required libreadline.so.4.1 was missing.
> This seemed to be the only unsatisfied dependency, at least that was the
> only one mentioned when installing without the --nodeps option.
> 
> I then made a link /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.1 to point to
> /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.2 
> 
> So far so good --- I thought...
> 
> I can start R and gets the prompt, but when I writes licence(), help(),
> demo() or any other of the sugested commands I get an error:
"Segmentation
> fault" and the progam exits to the shell prompt.
> 
> Any sugestions are welcomed...
You need to install the readline41 package (readline41-4.1-10.ia64.rpm)
which is part of the Red Hat 7.2 distribution and provides the required
library.

Martyn

...snip...

? 
? You need to install the readline41 package 
? (readline41-4.1-10.ia64.rpm)
? which is part of the Red Hat 7.2 distribution and provides 
? the required
? library.
? 
? Martyn
? 
? 

Thanks - Are you shure the ia64 will work on an Alpha ?

:-? Martin