[R] RedHat Linux intall R failed

[Prof Brian Ripley]

 From the file INSTALL:

'The main source of information on installation is the `R Installation
and Administration Manual', an HTML copy of which is available as file
`doc/html/R-admin.html'.  Please read that before installing R.  But
if you are impatient, read on but please refer to the manual to
resolve any problems.'

The answer to your problem *is* in that manual, e.g. at 
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Essential-and-useful-other-programs-under-a-Unix_002dalike 
(or simply search for 'readline').


On 07/07/2012 08:53, Anderson.Zhang wrote:
> A problem came when I installed R-2.15.0 in RedHat Linux from souce. when
> ./configure is commited , there is a error message like:
> ===========================
> sudo ./configure
> Password:
> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> loading site script './config.site'
> loading build-specific script './config.site'
> checking for pwd... /bin/pwd
> checking whether builddir is srcdir... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for bison... bison -y
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for sed... /bin/sed
> checking for which... /usr/bin/which
> checking for less... /usr/bin/less
> checking for gtar... /bin/gtar
> checking for tex... no
> checking for pdftex... no
> configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals
> checking for pdflatex... no
> configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of vignettes and help
> pages
> checking for makeindex... no
> checking for makeinfo... /usr/bin/makeinfo
> checking whether makeinfo version is at least 4.7... yes
> checking for ginstall-info... no
> checking for install-info... no
> checking for texi2dvi... no
> checking for kpsewhich... no
> checking for unzip... /usr/bin/unzip
> checking for zip... /usr/bin/zip
> checking for gzip... /bin/gzip
> checking for bzip2... /usr/bin/bzip2
> checking for firefox... /usr/bin/firefox
> using default browser ... /usr/bin/firefox
> checking for acroread... no
> checking for acroread4... no
> checking for xdg-open... no
> checking for evince... /usr/bin/evince
> checking for notangle... false
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for gfortran... gfortran
> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
> checking whether gfortran accepts -g... yes
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> checking whether __attribute__((visibility())) is supported... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -fvisibility... yes
> checking whether gfortran accepts -fvisibility... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking minix/config.h usability... no
> checking minix/config.h presence... no
> checking for minix/config.h... no
> checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether we are using the GNU Objective C compiler... no
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... no
> checking for Objective C++ compiler... trying some possibilities
> checking whether g++ can compile ObjC++... no
> checking whether  can compile ObjC++... no
> no working compiler found
> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... (cached) /bin/sed
> checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
> checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
> checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
> checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 98304
> checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
> checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
> checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
> checking for objdump... objdump
> checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
> checking for strip... strip
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... (cached) yes
> checking whether gfortran accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
> checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
> checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
> checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
> yes
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
> yes
> checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
> checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
> checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
> yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> checking if gfortran static flag -static works... yes
> checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
> checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared
> libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking for cos in -lm... yes
> checking for sin in -lm... yes
> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
> checking readline/history.h usability... no
> checking readline/history.h presence... no
> checking for readline/history.h... no
> checking readline/readline.h usability... no
> checking readline/readline.h presence... no
> checking for readline/readline.h... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for main in -lncurses... no
> checking for main in -ltermcap... no
> checking for main in -ltermlib... no
> checking for rl_callback_read_char in -lreadline... no
> checking for history_truncate_file... no
> *configure: error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not
> available*
> ======================================
> In the last line, headers/libs are not available. I do not know how to solve
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