Error running R in Linux

Question

I followed this R 2.15 install in Redhat step by step to install R in Cent os 6.3, got this error in the intermediate step, i have created the progsandlibs

dir in ~

[root@localhost R-2.15.2]# ./configure --prefix=~/progsandlibs/ --enable-R-shlib
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ~/progsandlibs

Then i tried just ./configure

configure: error: in `/root/progsandlibs/R-2.15.2':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

I installed gcc compiler through yum

later when i run ./configure i got this error

 configure: error: No F77 compiler found

Any idea what needs to be installed ?

Answer 1

Try installing the gfortran.

For example: apt-get install gfortran