Re: [R] Another failed attempt to install an R package in Ubuntu

2008-07-12 Thread Vincent Goulet
MIklos, You may have missed this part of the Ubuntu README on CRAN: Users who need to compile packages should also install the r-base-dev package: sudo apt-get install r-base-dev This will fetch all the standard tools you need to compile packages. If you have more Ubuntu specific q

Re: [R] Another failed attempt to install an R package in Ubuntu

2008-07-12 Thread Matti Pastell
Hello Miklos, Do you have the "build-essential" package installed in Ubuntu? If not try installing it, as it will install the basic tools needed for compiling things from source. Also as Iain pointed out run R with "sudo R" from the terminal if you want to install packages for all users i.e to us

Re: [R] Another failed attempt to install an R package in Ubuntu

2008-07-12 Thread IAIN GALLAGHER
Hi Miklos. If you want to install R packages to the /usr/lib/R/library directory you need to start R with 'root' user privileges. Ordinary users do not have the appropriate permissions to write to this directory. At the command line type: sudo R type your password when prompted. You won't ne

[R] Another failed attempt to install an R package in Ubuntu

2008-07-11 Thread Miklos Kiss
I am running Ubuntu 8.04 through Wubi on a HP Pavilion dv4000 (my home computer) and I recently installed R 2.7.1. I attempted to install the randomForest package from within the R environment and from the Linux terminal. Both attempts failed. I've tried several mirrors but with no luck. Below