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1. Download
2. Unpack tar file in home directory
3. Configure, build, and install
   • cd R-2.9.0
   • ./configure --enable-R-shlib --with-readline=no --with-x=no
   • Fix src/modules/Makefile as follows (fix is from http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e6/devel/09/04/1434.html)
     • Change lines that read:

       Code Block
       for d in "$(R_MODULES)"; do \ (cd $${d} && $(MAKE) $@) || exit 1; \ done

     • To read:

       Code Block
       @if test "$(R_MODULES)" != ""; then \ for d in "$(R_MODULES)"; do \ (cd $${d} && $(MAKE) $@) || exit 1; \ done; \ fi

       Warning
       title Warning
       Be very careful of tabs in the lines, one tab to start each line, indent beyond that with spaces. Be careful to have no spaces at the end of the lines too. Use rest of Makefile as an example.

4. make Should this be here by itself?
   When I printed this document off, there was a "made install prefix+/usr/local/R-2.90" here, but I see it's gone. Did you delete it? Just wanted to make sure I didn't do anything I shouldn't.

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