Biting the bullet?

[Heinz Diehl]

On 11.05.2015, Rolf Turner wrote: 

> The seeming necessity for upgrading arises from a pressing need to upgrade
> "R" to version 3.2.0.  When I try to build this version I get a load of
> error messages (basically coming from gcc I think) like unto:
> 
> >connections.o: In function `gzcon_write':
> >/home/rolf/Desktop/Rinst/R-3.2.0/src/main/connections.c:5469: undefined reference to `deflate'

I'm using R a lot for my work.

Install bzip2 and bzip2-libs. Then, the libs must be compiled after the object
files. Or better, use this one:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=634621

Fedora is generally very slow to update R..

I'm on (nearly) bog standard F21, and it compiles cleanly:

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> Given that the answer to my preliminary question is "No", can anyone be so
> kind as to provide me with a *recipe* for upgrading, expressed in
> simple-minded terms that I can understand?  Something of the form:
> 
> (1) First, do this.
> 
> (2) Second, do something else.
> 
> (3) Third .....

1. Download the .src.rpm from the site shown above.
2. Unpack it (rpm -i)
3. Run "rpmbuild -bb R.spec
4. Install/update the respective files
5. Done