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I have tried install R in Linux operated server system and I dont have admin rights so I couldnt usu "sudo". I have download latest version of R from https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.4.1.tar.gz.

Then I started to install and write

./configure

make

After make command I get error "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

I couldnt solve this problem.

Elen
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  • There is an apt repository for r. I can't recall what it is, but it's in the documents under Debian. Also, you have a *.tgz which needs to be extracted first. Then cd into the directory. – AnotherKiwiGuy Sep 21 '17 at 12:12
  • If there's "no makefile found" then it suggests that the ./configure did not complete successfully - check its output to learn why. – steeldriver Sep 21 '17 at 13:16
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    cross-posted : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46343044/install-r-in-linux-server – knb Sep 21 '17 at 13:20

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This post

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/149451/install-r-in-my-own-directory

says: 

$ wget http://cran.rstudio.com/src/base/R-3/R-3.4.1.tar.gz
$ tar xvf R-3.4.1.tar.gz
$ cd R-3.4.1
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/R
$ make && make install

Maybe you didn't do step 3, cd.

configure should run for several minutes, probing your system. It creates a lot of output. If configure stops with an error, I cannot help you further, unfortunately.

knb
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  • I have done all the steps that I realized I get an error about "zlib" – Elen Sep 21 '17 at 14:08
  • The error "zlib library and headers required" – Elen Sep 21 '17 at 14:09
  • I downloaded and configure zlib.1.2.11 but I still get same error – Elen Sep 21 '17 at 14:10
  • This zlib is a library for reading/writing compressed files (similar to zip files). R/configure wants the source code of this library in order to properly include it into R. maybe you can pass the path of zlib to configure with configure -- with-zlib=$HOME/zlib-1.2.11 (or similar) --- Can't you ask your system administrator to install R and its dependencies? – knb Sep 21 '17 at 14:19