R installation scripts

updateRdevel.sh

#!/bin/bash

## getting the latest R-devel src
rtgz=R-devel.tar.bz2
rsrc=R-devel	
rm $rtgz
wget ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/$rtgz
rm -rf $rsrc

## installation
tar xjf $rtgz
cd $rsrc
## last two new argument are new (to try to get qtinterfaces work)
./configure --with-jpeglib --with-libpng --with-lapack --with-blas --with-tcltk --with-recommended-packages --enable-R-profiling --enable-memory-profiling --with-cairo  --enable-R-shlib  --enable-R-static-lib

make
## make check-devel
make pdf info

sudo make install ## sudo required for /usr/local/bin/R*
make install-pdf 
sudo make install-info ## for /usr/local/share/info/

# sudo chown lgatto.lgatto -R /usr/local/lib/R

## Alternatively, checking out svn directly
## from http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00165.html
# mkdir src/
# cd src
# svn checkout https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/ R-devel
# R-devel/tools/rsync-recommended
# cd ../
# mkdir -p bin/R-devel
# cd bin/R-devel
# ~/src/R-devel/configure && make -j

## see alse
## https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-February/065886.html
# svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk R-devel
# cd R-devel/
# tools/rsync-recommended 
# ./configure 
# make

## and also 
## http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/the-case-of-building-R-snapshot-without-svn-nor-network-connection-td4661550.html

updateRpatched.sh

#!/bin/bash

## getting the latest R-devel src
rtgz=R-patched.tar.bz2
rsrc=R-patched
##rsrc=R-rc
rm -f $rtgz
wget ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/$rtgz
rm -rf $rsrc

## installation
tar xjf $rtgz
cd $rsrc
## last two new argument are new (to try to get qtinterfaces work)
./configure --prefix=/opt/Rpatched/ --with-jpeglib --with-libpng --with-lapack --with-blas --with-tcltk --with-recommended-packages --enable-R-profiling --enable-memory-profiling --with-cairo  --enable-R-shlib  --enable-R-static-lib

make
## make check-devel
## make pdf info

make install 
## sudo make install-pdf 
## sudo make install-info