From 866ec108ea12a48770bdd864e3f4788ee24a70bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Markham Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 13:54:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix R installation instructions (windows / mac) (#15087) * show warning about R v3.6 * fix link to R install --- docs/install/index.md | 9 +++++++-- docs/install/osx_setup.md | 5 ++++- docs/install/windows_setup.md | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/install/index.md b/docs/install/index.md index 005b45fd470a..768360500273 100644 --- a/docs/install/index.md +++ b/docs/install/index.md @@ -767,7 +767,10 @@ To ensure MXNet R package runs with the version of OpenBLAS installed, create a ln -sf /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblas.dylib /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblasp-r0.3.1.dylib ``` -Install the latest version (3.5.1+) of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/). +Note: packages for 3.6.x are not yet available. + +Install 3.5.x of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/). The latest is [v3.5.3](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.5.3.pkg). + You can [build MXNet-R from source](osx_setup.html#install-the-mxnet-package-for-r), or you can use a pre-built binary: ```r @@ -1127,7 +1130,9 @@ To build from source, refer to the MXNet Windows in

-Install the latest version (3.5.1+) of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/). +Note: packages for 3.6.x are not yet available. +Install 3.5.x of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/old/). + You can [build MXNet-R from source](windows_setup.html#install-mxnet-package-for-r), or you can use a pre-built binary: ```r diff --git a/docs/install/osx_setup.md b/docs/install/osx_setup.md index 84e58282d766..90ff7d99a1ec 100644 --- a/docs/install/osx_setup.md +++ b/docs/install/osx_setup.md @@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ Add a soft link to the OpenBLAS installation. This example links the 0.3.1 versi ln -sf /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblasp-r0.3.* /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblasp-r0.3.1.dylib ``` -Install the latest version (3.5.1+) of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/). +Note: packages for 3.6.x are not yet available. + +Install 3.5.x of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/). The latest is [v3.5.3](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.5.3.pkg). + For OS X (Mac) users, MXNet provides a prebuilt binary package for CPUs. The prebuilt package is updated weekly. You can install the package directly in the R console using the following commands: ```r diff --git a/docs/install/windows_setup.md b/docs/install/windows_setup.md index 96929692f1ec..a75d401712af 100644 --- a/docs/install/windows_setup.md +++ b/docs/install/windows_setup.md @@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ To install MXNet on a computer with a CPU processor, choose from two options: For Windows users, MXNet provides prebuilt binary packages. You can install the package directly in the R console. +Note: packages for 3.6.x are not yet available. +Install 3.5.x of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/old/). + For CPU-only package: ```r @@ -379,6 +382,9 @@ Note: A pre-requisite to above softwares is [Nvidia-drivers](http://www.nvidia.c For Windows users, MXNet provides prebuilt binary packages. You can install the package directly in the R console after you have the above software installed. +Note: packages for 3.6.x are not yet available. +Install 3.5.x of R from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/old/). + For GPU package: ```r