Hi Ioannis and Paolo,
As Ioannis recommends getting the last R source (R-2.2.1) is better and
does not require much effort.
If you want the compilation to go smoothly on Mandriva 2006 you should
first use drakconf to download and install:
gfortran
readline
blas
which are not installed by default by the powerpack (or free) distribution.
Then follow the basic Unix/Linux intructions (to compile from sources)
on the R Installation and Administration Manual (ie, "tar -xvzf
R-2.2.1.tar.gz", "cd R-2.2.1", "./configure",
"make", "make check",
"make install").
Mandriva 2006 uses gcc-4.0.1, etc. On my machine (Intel PIV) all the
tests went fine.
Christophe.
Ioannis Dimakos a crit :
>Apologies for the empty post that went to the list...
>
>On , 28, 2005 9:11, Paolo Bulla wrote:
>
>
>>Hello anyone,
>>I'm trying to install R on Mandriva 2006 distribution via rpm file
with the
>>line
>>urpmi R-2.0.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
>>
>>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>This is an older rpm that Michele Alzeta contributed for Mandrake 10.0
>(and that was a long time ago, before Mandrakesoft merged with Connectiva
>to become Mandriva). And it is for R-2.0.0
>
>In my experience with Mandrake distros, I have found it is easy to
>download the most recent sources and compile your own version of R.
>
>
>
>
>>I also tried with a source code in R-2.1.1.tar but I think that there is
>>
>>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Unless you have a typo, this is also an older version of R. Get the newer
>sources and recompile. I don't know if Michele is still active in
>maintaining R for Mandrake. But he has a site for R and Mandrake in
>italian and this may provide some first clues.
>
>HTH,
>
>Ioannis
>
>