R help - Aug 2007 - R-2.5.1 RedHat EL5 compilation failed

I can't get R-2.5.1 compiled under RedHat EL5 with gcc 4.1.1. Configure
failed at the following:

checking readline/history.h usability... no
checking readline/history.h presence... no
checking for readline/history.h... no
checking readline/readline.h usability... no
checking readline/readline.h presence... no
checking for readline/readline.h... no
checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
checking for main in -lncurses... no
checking for main in -ltermcap... no
checking for main in -ltermlib... no
checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
checking for history_truncate_file... no
configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
available

Thanks.

	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Well, the INSTALL file said

   The main source of information on installation is the `R Installation
   and Administration Manual', an HTML copy of which is available as file
   `doc/html/R-admin.html'.  Please read that before installing R.  But
   if you are impatient, read on but please refer to the manual to
   resolve any problems.  (If you obtained R using Subversion, the manual
   is at doc/manual/R-admin.texi.)

and this _is_ discussed there.  Hint: is readline-devel installed?

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Wang Chengbin wrote:
> I can't get R-2.5.1 compiled under RedHat EL5 with gcc 4.1.1. Configure
> failed at the following:
>
> checking readline/history.h usability... no
> checking readline/history.h presence... no
> checking for readline/history.h... no
> checking readline/readline.h usability... no
> checking readline/readline.h presence... no
> checking for readline/readline.h... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for main in -lncurses... no
> checking for main in -ltermcap... no
> checking for main in -ltermlib... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for history_truncate_file... no
> configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
> available
>
> Thanks.
>
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: [R] R-2.5.1 RedHat EL5 compilation failed
From: Wang Chengbin <chengbinw at gmail.com>
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Date: 26.08.2007 15:22
> I can't get R-2.5.1 compiled under RedHat EL5 with gcc 4.1.1. Configure
> failed at the following:
>   
You don't need to compile, you could also use the Fedora Core 6 Extras
repository package(s) of R (current: is R-2.5.1-2.fc6.i386.rpm) to
install the necessary rpm packages from there. (Best is to use the smart
package manager, there you can easily activate "channels" which are
repositories.) As far as I understood FC6 is the base of RHEL 5.

Stefan
-=-=-
... Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. (Ford Prefect)