configure: WARNING: you cannot build info or HTML versions of the R manuals

Question

I am trying to install R-3.1.1 on Fedora 20. The "make" gives me the following warning

configure: WARNING: you cannot build info or HTML versions of the R manuals

What do I need to do to fix this?

Answer 1

Briefly:

1. You probably need the texinfo command, cf the R Installation and Administration manual.

2. Fedora should have binaries in a repo as well. Question 2.6 of the R FAQ mentions

R binaries for Fedora, maintained by Tom “Spot” Callaway, are provided as part of the Fedora distribution and can be accessed through yum, the RPM installer/updater. Note that the “Software” application (gnome-software), which is the default GUI for software installation in Fedora 20, cannot be used to install R. It is therefore recommended to use the yum command line tool.