R package installation in Linux

Question

I am trying to install a R package in Ubuntu using the following commands:

R CMD INSTALL rpart_4.1-5.tar.gz
install.packages(\"/home/rpart_4.1-5.tar.gz\", repos          


        

Answer 1

Your system doesn't have make utility for compilation.

Please execute following command to install make in your system.

 sudo apt-get install build-essential