R help - Jan 2010 - Help with R in ubuntu

Dear R users:

Maybe it is a silly question, but I'm don't understand what am I doing
wrong.

In a new karmik koala ubuntu installation I compile the last patched 2.10.1
version of R.

Every thing was right (I install all the dev libraries I need).

First I type:

./configure  --enable-R-shlib

And I obtain:

R is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu  Source directory:          . 
Installation directory:    /usr/local  C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99
-g -O2  Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2  C++ compiler:             
g++  -g -O2  Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2  Obj-C compiler:        
gcc -g -O2  Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk  External libraries:       
readline, ICU  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, TIFF, NLS, cairo  Options
enabled:           shared R library, shared BLAS, R profiling, Java
  Recommended packages:      yes
Then I type "make", following with:
sudo make install.

Then when I try to call R it shows me this message:

Fatal error: unable to open the base package

But if I work as superuser, like "sudo R", everything works fine.

I understand that it is a privileges issue, but where and how can I fix the
problem?

Thank you for your help.

Sorry for the newbee question.

Kenneth


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> In a new karmik koala ubuntu installation I compile the last patched
> 2.10.1 version of R.
This doesn't answer your question, but you do know you can get the
(pretty much, I think) latest R via aptitude by adding a CRAN mirror
to your /etc/apt/sources.list, right?

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/

Marianne

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Marianne Promberger PhD, King's College London
http://promberger.info
R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
Ubuntu 9.04