That helped! I did not knew the build-dep option. Thanks a lot. laurin
>>> Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> 05.11.2009 13:42 >>> Hi, The easiest way to get everything you need is sudo apt-get build-dep r-base -Ista On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:13 AM, cremi <laurin.muel...@umit.at> wrote: > > I habe installed ubuntu 9.04 server (powerpc) i want to install an R version >> 2.9.0 to run rmpi. > > When i add the repository to my sources.list > deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jaunty/ > with > #sudo apt-get install r-base > i get this: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-base: Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.10.0-1jaunty0) but 2.8.1-1 is to be > installed > Depends: r-recommended (= 2.10.0-1jaunty0) but it is not going to > be installed > E: Broken packages > > There exists no binary of on the r-homepage for powerpc (only for i386 or > amd64) > > so I tryied to install from source (R-2.9.2 and R-2.10.0) > > #./configure > gives me: > ... > checking for history_truncate_file... no > configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not > available > > #./configure --with-readline=no > i get this error > checking whether f77 appends extra underscores to external names... yes > checking whether mixed C/Fortran code can be run... configure: WARNING: > cannot run mixed C/Fortran code > configure: error: Maybe check LDFLAGS for paths to Fortran libraries? > > > i have installed: > libg2-dev > libg2c0 > libx11-dev > build-essential > i even install > gnome-desktop-environment > > now I don't know what to try next. Hopefully someone can help me. > > Regards > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/compiling-R-2.9.2-or-R-2.10.0-on-ubuntu-9.04-%28powerpc%29-tp26208637p26208637.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.