I don't know from OpenSuse, but your R CMD INSTALL syntax doesn't
look right to me. It certainly wouldn't be right under Ubuntu.
What I would do under Ubuntu is:
* download the package from CRAN; this is in the form of a gzipped
tar file ``fImport_2110.79.tar.gz''.
* R CMD INSTALL fImport_2110.79.tar.gz -l Rlib
where Rlib is the name of the directory where I keep my personal
library of R packages. (So there is no ``sudo'' required.)
This doesn't actually work; it squawks about needing the timeDate and
timeSeries packages --- which I don't have. So you need to download
the source for these: timeDate_2130.93.tar.gz and
timeSeries_2130.92.tar.gz.
Then do the R CMD INSTALL bizzo for these two. You need to do timeDate
first.
There appears to be no compiling of code involved, so you don't need gcc
--- yet.
But you undoubtedly will very soon, so you might as well get it installed.
HTH.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
On 17/08/11 06:38, Dinesh wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to install a bunch of packages via command line and can use
some help in getting it right. My env is a freshly setup OpenSuse 11.4
on an amd desktop. I have not yet installed gcc (Will I need gcc to
install packages? I have installed make, assuming R might need it.). I
have tried it both under R2.12 and R2.13. I have a list of packages to
install such as fImport, fGarch, zoo, and several more. I am logged in
as root because I want the packages to be visible to all users
a) R CMD INSTALL "fImport"
This produces no results.
b) sudo R CMD INSTALL "fImport"
This downloads timeDate and gets stuck there. (I did sudo based on my
experience on Win7 where I had to start R as administrator to update the
common package library regardless of how I was logged in.)
c) R
then,
install.packages( "fImport", repo=|"http://cran.r-project.org"; );
If I executed via command "R" then it furnishes a listbox of mirrors, I
select a mirror and then it hangs. If I executed via command "sudo R"
then it furnishes a 24x80 style (not tk) list of choices, I select a
mirror and then it hangs.
I will appreciate your help in figuring this out. Ideally, I would
ideally to run R CMD INSTALL or R CMD BATCH with a short command file so
that I can configure a new machine via a script.
I also tried to download the tarballs - but then figuring out all the
dependencies gets very messy. Besides, that would be, like, reinventing
the wheel!
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