I rarely do a full install, but isn't there a "make docs" step, which you may have omitted?
-pd > On 10 Sep 2019, at 11:51 , Jim Maas <jimmaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I usually compile my own version of R on Ubuntu, now 18.04 and it works > fine. I recently tried to compile v 3.6.1 and it all worked until the end > of the "make install" which did not complete because it said it was missing > "NEWS.pdf". Is this a bug or oversight, or have I done something wrong? > Thanks > J > > -- > Jim Maas > jimmaasuk at gmail.com > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
