[Qgis-user] rpy2 isntallation fails under Ubuntu Jaunty for R 2.9.1

[Nikos Alexandris]

Hi all!

Did any Ubuntero managed to isntall rpy2 under Jaunty for latest R code,
that is R 2.9.1 ?

In the past I installed rpy2 following the "official" instructions [1].
Yesterday I tried several times, several things... but it doesn't get
compiled/installed.

R 2.9.1 is compiled/installed from source. Maybe some linking issue?
Thanks for any hint, Nikos
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# some code below using rpy2-2.0.6
$ python setup.py install

R was not built as a library
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 153, in <module>
    ri_ext = getRinterface_ext(RHOME, r_packversion)
  File "setup.py", line 119, in getRinterface_ext
    include_dirs = get_rconfig(RHOME, '--cppflags')[0].split()
  File "setup.py", line 85, in get_rconfig
    raise Exception(cmd + '\nreturned\n' + rconfig)
Exception: "/usr/local/lib64/R/bin/R" CMD config --cppflags
returned

# another attempt using easy_install
easy_install rpy2

error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-15348.write-test'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix,
or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If
the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign
in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have
administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  http://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.