On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Marc Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have just updated R to the version 2.6.2 on F8 (with the official F8 > > rpm). However, when running as root the following command: > > > > update.packages(checkBuilt=T) > > > > I get a bunch of errors like the ones below. Any ideas? > > # yum install R-devel > > should do what you need. If you install via RPMS, in order to > install/compile CRAN packages from source, you also need the headers and > related files, which are in the 'devel' RPMS. > > This is also the case for other applications on RH/FC/F Linux. > > If you use: > > yum list R-* > > you will see the other R related RPMS that are available via the Fedora > repos.
Thanks, Marc. That did the trick. However, it is strange because yum update did the update of R, and, before this R update, 'update.packages' worked fine. Paul ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
