R help - Feb 2007 - compiling issues with Mandriva Linux 2007 Discovery

All,

I am a new user to Linux but I am familiar with R.  I have previously
used and installed R on a Windows platform without problems.  I recently
set up a dual boot system (XP_64, Mandriva) to run R on a Linux platform
in order to more efficiently handle large datasets.  I have not done
compiling before, but read the R instructions and followed to my best
ability.  I downloaded the most recent tar and unpacked it into
/usr/local/R_HOME.  I was able to run ./configure and added the
additional Linux packages necessary to compile.  The problem arises
using the 'make' command.  When I run make I get an error that there is
not a target or a makefile.  There is, however, Makefile.in in the
directory.  I think I am close to getting this installed, but I am
stuck.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I do not suppose that
any of the pre compiled Linux versions (i.e. Debian, SuSe) available on
CRAN mirrors would run on a Mandriva distro?

Best,
Ross

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Ross Bricklemyer
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences
Washington State University
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Pullman, WA 99164-6420
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On 2/27/07, Bricklemyer, Ross S <rsb at wsu.edu>
wrote:
> All,
>
> I am a new user to Linux but I am familiar with R.  I have previously
> used and installed R on a Windows platform without problems.  I recently
> set up a dual boot system (XP_64, Mandriva) to run R on a Linux platform
> in order to more efficiently handle large datasets.  I have not done
> compiling before, but read the R instructions and followed to my best
> ability.  I downloaded the most recent tar and unpacked it into
> /usr/local/R_HOME.  I was able to run ./configure and added the
> additional Linux packages necessary to compile.  The problem arises
> using the 'make' command.  When I run make I get an error that
there is
> not a target or a makefile.  There is, however, Makefile.in in the
> directory.  I think I am close to getting this installed, but I am
> stuck.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I do not suppose that
> any of the pre compiled Linux versions (i.e. Debian, SuSe) available on
> CRAN mirrors would run on a Mandriva distro?
You skipped a step.  Unpack then run configure then run make.