On Jun 17, 2013, at 7:32, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R People:
>
> I am working with a Centos 5 machine and would like to install R-3.0.1.
>
> However, the only version that shows up "automatically" is
R-2.15.2.
>
> I have tried the following:
>
> root at erinminfo [~]# wget
> http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
> --2013-06-17 06:20:30--
> http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
> Resolving dl.fedoraproject.org... 209.132.181.26, 209.132.181.27,
> 209.132.181.23, ...
> Connecting to dl.fedoraproject.org|209.132.181.26|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 12232 (12K) [application/x-rpm]
> Saving to: `epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm'
>
> 100%[======================================>] 12,232 --.-K/s in
> 0.06s
>
> 2013-06-17 06:20:30 (196 KB/s) - `epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm' saved
> [12232/12232]
>
> root at erinminfo [~]# wget
> http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
> --2013-06-17 06:20:30--
> http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
> Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.74.232,
> 2a01:e0b:1:74:2e0:f4ff:fe1b:b827
> Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.74.232|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 5180 (5.1K) [application/x-rpm]
> Saving to: `remi-release-5.rpm'
>
> 100%[======================================>] 5,180 --.-K/s in
> 0.1s
>
> 2013-06-17 06:20:31 (50.9 KB/s) - `remi-release-5.rpm' saved
[5180/5180]
>
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo rpm -Uvh remi-release-5*.rpm
epel-release-5*.rpm
> warning: remi-release-5.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
00f97f56
> Preparing... ###########################################
> [100%]
> package epel-release-5-4.noarch is already installed
> root at erinminfo [~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> root at erinminfo [/etc/yum.repos.d]# ls
> ./ CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo dag.repo epel-testing.repo
> ../ CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Vault.repo epel.repo r1soft.repo
> root at erinminfo [/etc/yum.repos.d]# cd
> root at erinminfo [~]# find / -name remi-release-5.rpm
> /root/remi-release-5.rpm
>
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi-release-5.rpm
> root at erinminfo [~]# ls remi*
> remi-release-5.rpm remi-release-6.rpm.1
> remi-release-6.rpm remi-release-6.rpm.2
> root at erinminfo [~]# wget
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
> --2013-06-17 06:24:05-- http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
> Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.74.232,
> 2a01:e0b:1:74:2e0:f4ff:fe1b:b827
> Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.74.232|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 645 [text/plain]
> Saving to: `remi.repo'
>
> 100%[======================================>] 645 --.-K/s in
> 0s
>
> 2013-06-17 06:24:06 (38.4 MB/s) - `remi.repo' saved [645/645]
>
> root at erinminfo [~]# ls remi*
> remi-release-5.rpm remi-release-6.rpm.1 remi.repo
> remi-release-6.rpm remi-release-6.rpm.2
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi-repo
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi.repo
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo yum clean all
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
> Cleaning up Everything
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo yum install R
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
> Determining fastest mirrors
> * base: mirror.thelinuxfix.com
> * epel: mirrors.servercentral.net
> * extras: yum.singlehop.com
> * updates: yum.singlehop.com
> base | 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> base/primary | 1.2 MB
> 00:00
> base
> 3641/3641
> dag | 1.9 kB
> 00:00
> dag/primary_db | 7.0 MB
> 01:16
> epel | 3.6 kB
> 00:00
> epel/primary_db | 3.8 MB
> 00:02
> extras | 2.1 kB
> 00:00
> extras/primary_db | 188 kB
> 00:00
> updates | 1.9 kB
> 00:00
> updates/primary_db | 473 kB
> 00:00
> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> Finished
> Setting up Install Process
> Package R-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do
> root at erinminfo [~]# sudo yum upgrade R
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> * base: mirror.thelinuxfix.com
> * epel: mirrors.servercentral.net
> * extras: yum.singlehop.com
> * updates: yum.singlehop.com
> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> Finished
> Skipping security plugin, no data
> Setting up Upgrade Process
> No Packages marked for Update
> root at erinminfo [~]#
>
>
> but to no avail.
>
> Would I be better off compiling from source, please?
Yes; also check out the R-SIG-Fedora list.
MW
>
> I have looked and I don't see much about R version 3 on Centos 5.
>
> Thanks,
> Sincerely,
> Erin
>
>
>
> --
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>
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